A terrified crowd of concerned shopkeepers and curious bystanders gathered round the escaped newspaper staff. Hermione allowed herself to be pleased that it seemed as if most of the staff, if not all, was able to get out of the building before it was fully engulfed in the flames. Collateral damage used to mean nothing to her, but that was no longer the case. She wanted to get rid of her enemies without killing anyone else she shouldn't. Her fractured soul could only take so much. When she had to atone for her sins in the mysterious afterlife, assuming that one even existed, she didn't want another innocent soul on her conscience.