Anyway, he thought with flippant wryness, there was no point in dwelling on his problems now. He may as well leave thinking about horribly depressing and complicated issues until he survived this mission. It would be rather a waste of time to spend these precious few moments before the truly hazardous part of the mission began wondering about what to do afterwards, only to be killed during. Or to suffer the irony of being killed precisely because he was too busy focusing on the future, and not paying enough attention to the dangers of the present. Hermione half-turned and smiled – a rictus of bared teeth, her eyes frightened but determined.