Her eyebrows lift with interest as the man starts to tick off what he does know and it seems to be mostly in line with what Hermione has discovered.
"This technology is beyond me. Even in the muggle world, there's nothing like it. And another thing...what language are you speaking right now?" she asks, tilting her head slightly. "Only, I hear English, but I've learned that doesn't necessarily mean that you're actually speaking English. I don't know how that's even possible," she goes on, "but whatever this place is, it's translating everything for us automatically."
She stops suddenly, belatedly processing part of what he's said. "That would explain my unfamiliarity with the technology...erm, it was 1997 when I was home. Was it also 1997 for you...?" Because now she's curious.
"Oh! And I found a portal window...there appeared to be loads of controls, levers and buttons and the like, but the door was locked and it probably has been for rather a while, as the equipment was covered in dust, like no one's touched it in an age."
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"This technology is beyond me. Even in the muggle world, there's nothing like it. And another thing...what language are you speaking right now?" she asks, tilting her head slightly. "Only, I hear English, but I've learned that doesn't necessarily mean that you're actually speaking English. I don't know how that's even possible," she goes on, "but whatever this place is, it's translating everything for us automatically."
She stops suddenly, belatedly processing part of what he's said. "That would explain my unfamiliarity with the technology...erm, it was 1997 when I was home. Was it also 1997 for you...?" Because now she's curious.
"Oh! And I found a portal window...there appeared to be loads of controls, levers and buttons and the like, but the door was locked and it probably has been for rather a while, as the equipment was covered in dust, like no one's touched it in an age."