Hermione didn’t pay heed to his words. Instead she noticed how passionless he sounded. It was as if, someone had put him on an automatic mode and he was saying all the things he was supposed to say. He didn’t necessarily feel anything he said. She had never seen Malfoy so beaten, so lack of conviction, direction. Or may be she was projecting her own emotions onto him; she didn’t know. All she knew was, she was rooted to the ground in front of him.