Hermione. [ a pause. it's strange, after all this time, to have to properly introduce herself. it seemed like everyone she had met seemed to know of her, if nothing else. ] Hermione Granger.

[ the disappointment, at least, is short-lived. it still lingers underneath the surface, but for now, hermione stamps it away, shoves it down into a proper box to be dealt with later — for now, her focus is on determining what's next, where she can set up camp or the equivalent, where she might be able to change her clothes and get a better handle on the lay of the land. ]

I've heard, thus far, there's a library and a pub. Is there... a dormitory, or an inn of some kind? I assume we still sleep, given the fact that we're still. [ a beat. she wants to say alive, but opts instead for: ] Corporeal.

[ merlin, that's weird. ]