( Red does hear the sniffle, and yeah. She wants to tear Marath's face off. She takes in a breath though, squaring her shoulders, shoving down that protective rage. )

For saying the truth? You fiercely and bravely care even at great risk to yourself. It's a beautiful, dangerous quality. ( And she hates to think about that, about something happening to her. She thinks of all that lurks in the Underworld behind chains, the things they can say, the way even the most evil of beings can beg in the right circumstances. And still she wouldn't want Hermione to change at all. )