There was a moment of silence between them. It was one of those moments, like when you realise you broke your mother’s favourite vase, and maybe you can put it back together, but it is never going to be the same. And, sure, when you are a kid, the worst thing that can happen is that you are put in timeout and can’t play with your toys for the rest of the day because you lied instead of saying you were the one who broke the vase, but... well, this wasn’t exactly that. This wasn’t a vase, and Padma wasn’t Hermione’s very understanding mother. 