It's a shame they weren't able to get her wand back. She's one of the most competent sorcerers Danny has ever seen, and he's subtly in awe of what she can do. He doesn't regret trying to help her, even if it didn't pan out as they would have liked, because it does mean she sort of owes him. A better person might not see it like that, but Danny was brought up Morganian, and while he might do something out of benign or altruistic impulses, the voice of his master is in his head telling him he better damn well be getting something out of it.

Where Hermione is concerned, he knows exactly what he wants to get out of it. He wants her to teach him. And that's not in the cards while she's wandless and there's crises all around, but if they both survive until spring, he thinks his chances aren't bad.

So it's in his best interest to keep an eye on her, and after seeing her exhaust herself one day, he brings her a cup of coffee and sits near her.

"I have an idea," he says. "Might be a bad idea, but hear me out?"

He holds out his left hand, displaying the ring. "This is my talisman. Kinda like your wand, only it's sort of...keyed to my nervous system. I can't take it off, but what if we tried kind of, uh, channeling your power through it? Might not be as hard on you?"