"It's not that, I promise," Hermione assured her quickly, settling down to listen again. It wasn't; it was simply a worrying feeling of being adrift in the unknown.

She had a lot of research to do, evidently. Even now, she was marking off things in her mind, keeping track for later.

"Was that sort of thing- normal for him?" she asked helplessly, finding herself sympathising somewhat- she knew what it was like to be the relatively normal sidekick, constantly dragged into bizarre situations (and admittedly, sometimes rather enjoying them, but that was another matter entirely).