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PRESENT GRANGER: The professors were shocked that anyone below their third year had been able to stop a mountain troll. I had been lucky to hit it in the eye, they said; its hide can absorb even the best Stunning Spell. Professor McGonagall tried to scold me for putting myself in danger, but she could not hide her pride in my abilities...

A panel shows the young Granger lying on a white bed, with some kind of magical object like a cast for zir broken arm. McGonagall kneels next to the bed, smiling at Granger.

PRESENT GRANGER: I decided I was glad that it had been me. I had escaped with injuries no worse than Madam Pomfrey could heal overnight; what if another student had been there in my place? Better, I thought, for the danger to fall on the one best equipped to defend herself... {pause} But I had made a mistake, and that mistake had nearly gotten me killed. If I wanted to protect myself, or to protect others, I would have to be better-prepared the next time. And if my knowledge of magic was the only weapon I had... {pause} At the end of my second year, I signed up for every subject Hogwarts had to offer. I was issued a Time-Twister, becoming the first student since Tom Riddle for whom such an issue had been approved.

A panel shows a smiling Dumbledore putting a Time-Twister around the neck of a smiling Granger. McGonagall looks on; ze might be smiling, but zir expression is more ambiguous.

PRESENT GRANGER: So again I walked into a situation without knowing the dangers. The Ministry had not yet completed its research on the effects of Time-Twister use, which would show how much damage they can do even during routine application...

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What's so bad about destroying the fabric of time, anyway? It'll make life different, certainly, but will it actually be worse?

It reminds me of how some people in real life said “What's so bad about the Earth's atmosphere warming up by a few degrees?”, and then it turned out that it causes massive ecological disasters. So it's probably something like that.

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