He shakes his head slowly and she already knows the answer. Draco would have moved worlds to spend time with her, especially now. She knows if there was a chance he would accompany her anyway. Hermione had been preparing her keynote speech at the International Confederation of Wizards Research Conference for months. She will present on her work compiling stories of the wizards and witches who died fighting for the recognition of the Ministry’s arrests and executions following the war. And begrudging nearly everyone in the Ministry, she will unveil plans for the memorials of Nathan Goldstein and Rivka Ivanova (funded in large part by the Malfoy and Potter estates). 