Hermione hasn't jumped in blind, exactly, staying on foot; she comes racing across ruined cobbles when she sees the creature and the woman close by, not recognising her at first-
And then the thing turns an eyestalk on her, and suddenly moving is like swimming through treacle and she gasps, stumbling and having to shove her way through thin air. What is it, a barrier or a ward or a spell? No- it's to do with the thing's eyes--
"Don't let it look at you!" she cries, still barely able to move and out of breath just trying to battle her way out of the creature's line of sight...when she realises who that is with her wand out.
Oh, Merlin, no.
But she's already started to drag her arm upwards to cast a spell and now that she's struggled to get this far she can't very well stop, aiming for the eyestalk- "Diffindo!"
IT WORKS did you say it can or cannot block spells? also so late aaaah
And then the thing turns an eyestalk on her, and suddenly moving is like swimming through treacle and she gasps, stumbling and having to shove her way through thin air. What is it, a barrier or a ward or a spell? No- it's to do with the thing's eyes--
"Don't let it look at you!" she cries, still barely able to move and out of breath just trying to battle her way out of the creature's line of sight...when she realises who that is with her wand out.
Oh, Merlin, no.
But she's already started to drag her arm upwards to cast a spell and now that she's struggled to get this far she can't very well stop, aiming for the eyestalk- "Diffindo!"