Ron and Harry frowned at that, even more so than they already were. She knew they didn’t want to hurt her. To subconsciously go easy on her, but that couldn’t happen. Then it’d all be pointless - the pain, fear, dread she felt yesterday would be for nothing. Worse yet, they might give her a false sense of security, make her think she can defend herself only for her to fail when put in an actual life or death scenario. No, it had to be real. They had to be real. They had to be cruel, viscous, call her names, use and hurt her if they overpowered her. It was the only way it would work. The only way.