"It means there is a great deal of in-fighting that I was exempt from, from which I am no longer. I'll have to watch my back far more carefully." Malfoy seems mostly unconcerned – unlike her. Being that she can't do anything about it and all it does is make her feel panicky and furious at her helplessness, Hermione almost wishes that he hadn't told her. Almost. But she is glad she knows, in the end. She stares at his grey eyes, swept beneath by purpling bruises, and wonders who on earth he is, the man who sits before her. He isn't the same arrogant, self-absorbed, cruel boy she knew at Hogwarts; he is someone else entirely now. Someone who risks death to do the right thing, it seems. Is that all because of Snape's memories? Merlin, what did he see? What did he see that could change him so astonishingly?