A feeling and a desire that Hermione hadn't experienced in too long began to manifest itself within her chest and the itching in her eyes. Expressing emotion was weakness. It was another of Antonin's rules. Bottle up anything that could be distracting from the task at hand. Of course, he was just as human as the rest of them. Eventually, he would explode from all of the pent-up emotions. It was best to be as far away from him as possible when it happened. Knowing that she couldn't allow herself to cry in front of two practical strangers, she swallowed the lump of emotion in her throat and asked a very simple, but important question.