Amita was right – the first trial was meant to be a sort-of retelling of Draco"s life to make him out to be the villain in the end, and there was nothing she could do to change that. When the names of Draco"s victims came to the light of day, Hermione desperately tried to pay them no mind, although her heart still ached for all of those inoccent lives. She couldn"t let that cloud her mind though: the only thing that mattered to her now was him. Draco didn"t speak and didn"t even react when the prosecutor spoke; he seemed unaffected by the details of his murders now retold to him in dry law language, he appeared to be unbothered by the cage he was in, or the handcuffs, or the hundreds of eyes on him, hungry for every little element, for even the tiniest reaction from the criminal accused – they got the elements to put into their puzzles, but not the reactions. Draco seemed uncaring and even bored. He looked straight ahead with unseeing eyes, his answers were clipped and short, yes or no, with no added information, and even the extra questions from the prosecutor did not lead him astray. Only when the trial ended did Hermione realize she was tense and on the edge of her seat the whole three hours.