Serpent and Scholar - Dramione Fanfiction

Ultima ratio - the last resort. At last the day of the Final Battle against Lord Voldemort has come. Harry, Ron and Hermione fight bravely against their nemesis, but then something goes wrong. And Hermione finds herself alone in a precarious situation.A dark, time-twisted Tomione romance/adventure about isolation, dangerous magic, and the last resort choices that bind Hermione Granger to Tom Riddle Jr.By WinterblumeChapters: 54Words: 772,571Rating: Fiction MGenre: Romance/AdventureCharacters: Hermione Granger, Tom Riddle Jr.Original source: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5034546/1/Ultima-ratio

Ultima ratio - the last resort. At last the day of the Final Battle against Lord Voldemort has come. Harry, Ron and Hermione fight bravely against their nemesis, but then something goes wrong. And Hermione finds herself alone in a precarious situation.A dark, time-twisted Tomione romance/adventure about isolation, dangerous magic, and the last resort choices that bind Hermione Granger to Tom Riddle Jr.By WinterblumeChapters: 54Words: 772,571Rating: Fiction MGenre: Romance/AdventureCharacters: Hermione Granger, Tom Riddle Jr.Original source: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5034546/1/Ultima-ratio

Ultima ratio - the last resort. At last the day of the Final Battle against Lord Voldemort has come. Harry, Ron and Hermione fight bravely against their nemesis, but then something goes wrong. And Hermione finds herself alone in a precarious situation.A dark, time-twisted Tomione romance/adventure about isolation, dangerous magic, and the last resort choices that bind Hermione Granger to Tom Riddle Jr.By WinterblumeChapters: 54Words: 772,571Rating: Fiction MGenre: Romance/AdventureCharacters: Hermione Granger, Tom Riddle Jr.Original source: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5034546/1/Ultima-ratio

Ultima ratio - the last resort. At last the day of the Final Battle against Lord Voldemort has come. Harry, Ron and Hermione fight bravely against their nemesis, but then something goes wrong. And Hermione finds herself alone in a precarious situation.A dark, time-twisted Tomione romance/adventure about isolation, dangerous magic, and the last resort choices that bind Hermione Granger to Tom Riddle Jr.By WinterblumeChapters: 54Words: 772,571Rating: Fiction MGenre: Romance/AdventureCharacters: Hermione Granger, Tom Riddle Jr.Original source: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5034546/1/Ultima-ratio

Ultima ratio - the last resort. At last the day of the Final Battle against Lord Voldemort has come. Harry, Ron and Hermione fight bravely against their nemesis, but then something goes wrong. And Hermione finds herself alone in a precarious situation.A dark, time-twisted Tomione romance/adventure about isolation, dangerous magic, and the last resort choices that bind Hermione Granger to Tom Riddle Jr.By WinterblumeChapters: 54Words: 772,571Rating: Fiction MGenre: Romance/AdventureCharacters: Hermione Granger, Tom Riddle Jr.Original source: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5034546/1/Ultima-ratio

Ultima ratio - the last resort. At last the day of the Final Battle against Lord Voldemort has come. Harry, Ron and Hermione fight bravely against their nemesis, but then something goes wrong. And Hermione finds herself alone in a precarious situation.A dark, time-twisted Tomione romance/adventure about isolation, dangerous magic, and the last resort choices that bind Hermione Granger to Tom Riddle Jr.By WinterblumeChapters: 54Words: 772,571Rating: Fiction MGenre: Romance/AdventureCharacters: Hermione Granger, Tom Riddle Jr.Original source: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5034546/1/Ultima-ratio

Ultima ratio - the last resort. At last the day of the Final Battle against Lord Voldemort has come. Harry, Ron and Hermione fight bravely against their nemesis, but then something goes wrong. And Hermione finds herself alone in a precarious situation.A dark, time-twisted Tomione romance/adventure about isolation, dangerous magic, and the last resort choices that bind Hermione Granger to Tom Riddle Jr.By WinterblumeChapters: 54Words: 772,571Rating: Fiction MGenre: Romance/AdventureCharacters: Hermione Granger, Tom Riddle Jr.Original source: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5034546/1/Ultima-ratio

COMPLETE: It was small, slim, about the length of her hand; the leather cover was soft, the sewn-in binding was crisp, and the thick vellum pages were empty. 'Tom Marvolo Riddle' was printed in ancient, flaking gold leaf across the front. He had been a Slytherin, a prefect, and head boy in 1944. She had checked. HG/TR. Rated: Fiction M - English - Romance/Suspense - Hermione G., Tom R. Jr. - Chapters: 9 - Words: 19,595 - Reviews: 486 - Favs: 2,677 - Follows: 844 - Updated: Jul 13, 2014 - Published: Jun 2, 2014 - Status: Complete - id: 10402749

When Hermione Granger agrees to attend a Halloween party with her best friend, she has no idea what sort of tricks and treats await her. Light-hearted Dramione one-shot. Author: cleotheo Fandom: Harry Potter Relationship: Draco Malfoy / Hermione Granger Rating: Fiction T Language: English Status: Complete Words: 6,012 Source: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14406688/1/Trick-and-Treat

Draco Malfoy, for reasons that no one else fully understood, decided he required a job. Unfortunately, that job leaves him partnered with a witch who is irritatingly attractive, frustratingly brilliant, unbearably interesting, and thoroughly unimpressed by his existence.Now Draco and Hermione are sent on alarmingly dangerous curse-breaking retrievals full of Arithmancy, magical hazards, peacocks with fancy rich-person names, firewhisky, and the terrible inconvenience of competence.By LadyUrsaChapters: 29Words: 194,610Rating: ExplicitRelationship: Hermione Granger/Draco Malfoy

Draco Malfoy, for reasons that no one else fully understood, decided he required a job. Unfortunately, that job leaves him partnered with a witch who is irritatingly attractive, frustratingly brilliant, unbearably interesting, and thoroughly unimpressed by his existence.Now Draco and Hermione are sent on alarmingly dangerous curse-breaking retrievals full of Arithmancy, magical hazards, peacocks with fancy rich-person names, firewhisky, and the terrible inconvenience of competence.By LadyUrsaChapters: 29Words: 194,610Rating: ExplicitRelationship: Hermione Granger/Draco Malfoy

Draco Malfoy, for reasons that no one else fully understood, decided he required a job. Unfortunately, that job leaves him partnered with a witch who is irritatingly attractive, frustratingly brilliant, unbearably interesting, and thoroughly unimpressed by his existence.Now Draco and Hermione are sent on alarmingly dangerous curse-breaking retrievals full of Arithmancy, magical hazards, peacocks with fancy rich-person names, firewhisky, and the terrible inconvenience of competence.By LadyUrsaChapters: 29Words: 194,610Rating: ExplicitRelationship: Hermione Granger/Draco Malfoy

Draco Malfoy, for reasons that no one else fully understood, decided he required a job. Unfortunately, that job leaves him partnered with a witch who is irritatingly attractive, frustratingly brilliant, unbearably interesting, and thoroughly unimpressed by his existence.Now Draco and Hermione are sent on alarmingly dangerous curse-breaking retrievals full of Arithmancy, magical hazards, peacocks with fancy rich-person names, firewhisky, and the terrible inconvenience of competence.By LadyUrsaChapters: 29Words: 194,610Rating: ExplicitRelationship: Hermione Granger/Draco Malfoy

Draco Malfoy, for reasons that no one else fully understood, decided he required a job. Unfortunately, that job leaves him partnered with a witch who is irritatingly attractive, frustratingly brilliant, unbearably interesting, and thoroughly unimpressed by his existence.Now Draco and Hermione are sent on alarmingly dangerous curse-breaking retrievals full of Arithmancy, magical hazards, peacocks with fancy rich-person names, firewhisky, and the terrible inconvenience of competence.By LadyUrsaChapters: 29Words: 194,610Rating: ExplicitRelationship: Hermione Granger/Draco Malfoy

Draco Malfoy, for reasons that no one else fully understood, decided he required a job. Unfortunately, that job leaves him partnered with a witch who is irritatingly attractive, frustratingly brilliant, unbearably interesting, and thoroughly unimpressed by his existence.Now Draco and Hermione are sent on alarmingly dangerous curse-breaking retrievals full of Arithmancy, magical hazards, peacocks with fancy rich-person names, firewhisky, and the terrible inconvenience of competence.By LadyUrsaChapters: 29Words: 194,610Rating: ExplicitRelationship: Hermione Granger/Draco Malfoy

Draco Malfoy, for reasons that no one else fully understood, decided he required a job. Unfortunately, that job leaves him partnered with a witch who is irritatingly attractive, frustratingly brilliant, unbearably interesting, and thoroughly unimpressed by his existence.Now Draco and Hermione are sent on alarmingly dangerous curse-breaking retrievals full of Arithmancy, magical hazards, peacocks with fancy rich-person names, firewhisky, and the terrible inconvenience of competence.By LadyUrsaChapters: 29Words: 194,610Rating: ExplicitRelationship: Hermione Granger/Draco Malfoy

Hermione Granger is thrown into the long, grinding aftermath of a war that refuses to end cleanly. Draco Malfoy begins as an enemy with a debt to pay, but his uneasy place inside the Order forces Hermione to see him not as a symbol, but as a person changing under pressure.Across missions, safe houses, grief, violence, and the ordinary humiliations of growing up in wartime, Hermione and Draco move from suspicion to dependence to a love neither of them has the luxury to trust easily. The Fallout is a dark, slow-burn Dramione war story about survival, moral exhaustion, and the painful shape of redemption.By everythursdayChapters: 49Words: 310,229Genres: Action, Angst, Dark, Drama, RomanceWarnings: Graphic violence, psychological trauma, secondary character death, strong profanity, torture

Hermione Granger is thrown into the long, grinding aftermath of a war that refuses to end cleanly. Draco Malfoy begins as an enemy with a debt to pay, but his uneasy place inside the Order forces Hermione to see him not as a symbol, but as a person changing under pressure.Across missions, safe houses, grief, violence, and the ordinary humiliations of growing up in wartime, Hermione and Draco move from suspicion to dependence to a love neither of them has the luxury to trust easily. The Fallout is a dark, slow-burn Dramione war story about survival, moral exhaustion, and the painful shape of redemption.By everythursdayChapters: 49Words: 310,229Genres: Action, Angst, Dark, Drama, RomanceWarnings: Graphic violence, psychological trauma, secondary character death, strong profanity, torture

Hermione Granger is thrown into the long, grinding aftermath of a war that refuses to end cleanly. Draco Malfoy begins as an enemy with a debt to pay, but his uneasy place inside the Order forces Hermione to see him not as a symbol, but as a person changing under pressure.Across missions, safe houses, grief, violence, and the ordinary humiliations of growing up in wartime, Hermione and Draco move from suspicion to dependence to a love neither of them has the luxury to trust easily. The Fallout is a dark, slow-burn Dramione war story about survival, moral exhaustion, and the painful shape of redemption.By everythursdayChapters: 49Words: 310,229Genres: Action, Angst, Dark, Drama, RomanceWarnings: Graphic violence, psychological trauma, secondary character death, strong profanity, torture

Hermione Granger is thrown into the long, grinding aftermath of a war that refuses to end cleanly. Draco Malfoy begins as an enemy with a debt to pay, but his uneasy place inside the Order forces Hermione to see him not as a symbol, but as a person changing under pressure.Across missions, safe houses, grief, violence, and the ordinary humiliations of growing up in wartime, Hermione and Draco move from suspicion to dependence to a love neither of them has the luxury to trust easily. The Fallout is a dark, slow-burn Dramione war story about survival, moral exhaustion, and the painful shape of redemption.By everythursdayChapters: 49Words: 310,229Genres: Action, Angst, Dark, Drama, RomanceWarnings: Graphic violence, psychological trauma, secondary character death, strong profanity, torture

Hermione Granger is thrown into the long, grinding aftermath of a war that refuses to end cleanly. Draco Malfoy begins as an enemy with a debt to pay, but his uneasy place inside the Order forces Hermione to see him not as a symbol, but as a person changing under pressure.Across missions, safe houses, grief, violence, and the ordinary humiliations of growing up in wartime, Hermione and Draco move from suspicion to dependence to a love neither of them has the luxury to trust easily. The Fallout is a dark, slow-burn Dramione war story about survival, moral exhaustion, and the painful shape of redemption.By everythursdayChapters: 49Words: 310,229Genres: Action, Angst, Dark, Drama, RomanceWarnings: Graphic violence, psychological trauma, secondary character death, strong profanity, torture

Hermione Granger is thrown into the long, grinding aftermath of a war that refuses to end cleanly. Draco Malfoy begins as an enemy with a debt to pay, but his uneasy place inside the Order forces Hermione to see him not as a symbol, but as a person changing under pressure.Across missions, safe houses, grief, violence, and the ordinary humiliations of growing up in wartime, Hermione and Draco move from suspicion to dependence to a love neither of them has the luxury to trust easily. The Fallout is a dark, slow-burn Dramione war story about survival, moral exhaustion, and the painful shape of redemption.By everythursdayChapters: 49Words: 310,229Genres: Action, Angst, Dark, Drama, RomanceWarnings: Graphic violence, psychological trauma, secondary character death, strong profanity, torture

Hermione Granger is thrown into the long, grinding aftermath of a war that refuses to end cleanly. Draco Malfoy begins as an enemy with a debt to pay, but his uneasy place inside the Order forces Hermione to see him not as a symbol, but as a person changing under pressure.Across missions, safe houses, grief, violence, and the ordinary humiliations of growing up in wartime, Hermione and Draco move from suspicion to dependence to a love neither of them has the luxury to trust easily. The Fallout is a dark, slow-burn Dramione war story about survival, moral exhaustion, and the painful shape of redemption.By everythursdayChapters: 49Words: 310,229Genres: Action, Angst, Dark, Drama, RomanceWarnings: Graphic violence, psychological trauma, secondary character death, strong profanity, torture

Hermione Granger is thrown into the long, grinding aftermath of a war that refuses to end cleanly. Draco Malfoy begins as an enemy with a debt to pay, but his uneasy place inside the Order forces Hermione to see him not as a symbol, but as a person changing under pressure.Across missions, safe houses, grief, violence, and the ordinary humiliations of growing up in wartime, Hermione and Draco move from suspicion to dependence to a love neither of them has the luxury to trust easily. The Fallout is a dark, slow-burn Dramione war story about survival, moral exhaustion, and the painful shape of redemption.By everythursdayChapters: 49Words: 310,229Genres: Action, Angst, Dark, Drama, RomanceWarnings: Graphic violence, psychological trauma, secondary character death, strong profanity, torture

Hermione Granger is thrown into the long, grinding aftermath of a war that refuses to end cleanly. Draco Malfoy begins as an enemy with a debt to pay, but his uneasy place inside the Order forces Hermione to see him not as a symbol, but as a person changing under pressure.Across missions, safe houses, grief, violence, and the ordinary humiliations of growing up in wartime, Hermione and Draco move from suspicion to dependence to a love neither of them has the luxury to trust easily. The Fallout is a dark, slow-burn Dramione war story about survival, moral exhaustion, and the painful shape of redemption.By everythursdayChapters: 49Words: 310,229Genres: Action, Angst, Dark, Drama, RomanceWarnings: Graphic violence, psychological trauma, secondary character death, strong profanity, torture

Hermione Granger is thrown into the long, grinding aftermath of a war that refuses to end cleanly. Draco Malfoy begins as an enemy with a debt to pay, but his uneasy place inside the Order forces Hermione to see him not as a symbol, but as a person changing under pressure. Across missions, safe houses, grief, violence, and the ordinary humiliations of growing up in wartime, Hermione and Draco move from suspicion to dependence to a love neither of them has the luxury to trust easily. The Fallout is a dark, slow-burn Dramione war story about survival, moral exhaustion, and the painful shape of redemption. By everythursday Chapters: 49 Words: 310,229 Genres: Action, Angst, Dark, Drama, Romance Warnings: Graphic violence, psychological trauma, secondary character death, strong profanity, torture

Written by rubber_soul02. The day after the Battle of Hogwarts, Harry Potter disappears without a trace. Years later, Hermione Granger is an up-and-coming investigative journalist still determined to find him when a new clue sends her across Europe. The only problem: Draco Malfoy, her brilliant and infuriating coworker, is assigned to the case too. Forced into partnership, close quarters, and a mystery neither of them can ignore, Hermione and Draco must set aside old grudges long enough to bring Harry home.

Written by rubber_soul02. The day after the Battle of Hogwarts, Harry Potter disappears without a trace. Years later, Hermione Granger is an up-and-coming investigative journalist still determined to find him when a new clue sends her across Europe. The only problem: Draco Malfoy, her brilliant and infuriating coworker, is assigned to the case too. Forced into partnership, close quarters, and a mystery neither of them can ignore, Hermione and Draco must set aside old grudges long enough to bring Harry home.

Written by rubber_soul02. The day after the Battle of Hogwarts, Harry Potter disappears without a trace. Years later, Hermione Granger is an up-and-coming investigative journalist still determined to find him when a new clue sends her across Europe. The only problem: Draco Malfoy, her brilliant and infuriating coworker, is assigned to the case too. Forced into partnership, close quarters, and a mystery neither of them can ignore, Hermione and Draco must set aside old grudges long enough to bring Harry home.

Written by rubber_soul02. The day after the Battle of Hogwarts, Harry Potter disappears without a trace. Years later, Hermione Granger is an up-and-coming investigative journalist still determined to find him when a new clue sends her across Europe. The only problem: Draco Malfoy, her brilliant and infuriating coworker, is assigned to the case too. Forced into partnership, close quarters, and a mystery neither of them can ignore, Hermione and Draco must set aside old grudges long enough to bring Harry home.

Written by rubber_soul02. The day after the Battle of Hogwarts, Harry Potter disappears without a trace. Years later, Hermione Granger is an up-and-coming investigative journalist still determined to find him when a new clue sends her across Europe. The only problem: Draco Malfoy, her brilliant and infuriating coworker, is assigned to the case too. Forced into partnership, close quarters, and a mystery neither of them can ignore, Hermione and Draco must set aside old grudges long enough to bring Harry home.

Written by provocative_envy. A shattered Time-Turner throws Hermione Granger fifty-two years into the past, into 1944 Hogwarts and a lie that makes her Albus Dumbledore's French niece. Stranded in Slytherin, surrounded by boys who will become monsters and legends, she catches the attention of Head Boy Tom Riddle. What begins as survival becomes obsession, mystery, and a dangerous romance with a boy whose charm is already sharpened into a weapon.

Written by provocative_envy. A shattered Time-Turner throws Hermione Granger fifty-two years into the past, into 1944 Hogwarts and a lie that makes her Albus Dumbledore's French niece. Stranded in Slytherin, surrounded by boys who will become monsters and legends, she catches the attention of Head Boy Tom Riddle. What begins as survival becomes obsession, mystery, and a dangerous romance with a boy whose charm is already sharpened into a weapon.

Written by provocative_envy. A shattered Time-Turner throws Hermione Granger fifty-two years into the past, into 1944 Hogwarts and a lie that makes her Albus Dumbledore's French niece. Stranded in Slytherin, surrounded by boys who will become monsters and legends, she catches the attention of Head Boy Tom Riddle. What begins as survival becomes obsession, mystery, and a dangerous romance with a boy whose charm is already sharpened into a weapon.

Written by provocative_envy. A shattered Time-Turner throws Hermione Granger fifty-two years into the past, into 1944 Hogwarts and a lie that makes her Albus Dumbledore's French niece. Stranded in Slytherin, surrounded by boys who will become monsters and legends, she catches the attention of Head Boy Tom Riddle. What begins as survival becomes obsession, mystery, and a dangerous romance with a boy whose charm is already sharpened into a weapon.

Written by provocative_envy. A shattered Time-Turner throws Hermione Granger fifty-two years into the past, into 1944 Hogwarts and a lie that makes her Albus Dumbledore's French niece. Stranded in Slytherin, surrounded by boys who will become monsters and legends, she catches the attention of Head Boy Tom Riddle. What begins as survival becomes obsession, mystery, and a dangerous romance with a boy whose charm is already sharpened into a weapon.

Written by provocative_envy. A shattered Time-Turner throws Hermione Granger fifty-two years into the past, into 1944 Hogwarts and a lie that makes her Albus Dumbledore's French niece. Stranded in Slytherin, surrounded by boys who will become monsters and legends, she catches the attention of Head Boy Tom Riddle. What begins as survival becomes obsession, mystery, and a dangerous romance with a boy whose charm is already sharpened into a weapon.

Written by seollem. After a visit to Knockturn Alley leaves Hermione with a gold mark and a glimpse of a soulmate through enchanted Soul Glass, she is determined to disprove the bond. But the shadow on the other side belongs to Tom Riddle in 1945, and curiosity becomes a dangerous connection across time, power, and obsession.

Written by seollem. After a visit to Knockturn Alley leaves Hermione with a gold mark and a glimpse of a soulmate through enchanted Soul Glass, she is determined to disprove the bond. But the shadow on the other side belongs to Tom Riddle in 1945, and curiosity becomes a dangerous connection across time, power, and obsession.

Written by seollem. After a visit to Knockturn Alley leaves Hermione with a gold mark and a glimpse of a soulmate through enchanted Soul Glass, she is determined to disprove the bond. But the shadow on the other side belongs to Tom Riddle in 1945, and curiosity becomes a dangerous connection across time, power, and obsession.

Written by BlytheMondays. Fourth year goes sideways when Draco Malfoy saves Hermione Granger at the Quidditch World Cup, exposing a secret that could get them both killed. As the Triwizard Tournament returns with paired champions, disappearances, dark magic, and prophecy pull them into a dangerous alliance where loyalty and desire are almost as perilous as Voldemort's attention.

Written by BlytheMondays. Fourth year goes sideways when Draco Malfoy saves Hermione Granger at the Quidditch World Cup, exposing a secret that could get them both killed. As the Triwizard Tournament returns with paired champions, disappearances, dark magic, and prophecy pull them into a dangerous alliance where loyalty and desire are almost as perilous as Voldemort's attention.

Written by BlytheMondays. Fourth year goes sideways when Draco Malfoy saves Hermione Granger at the Quidditch World Cup, exposing a secret that could get them both killed. As the Triwizard Tournament returns with paired champions, disappearances, dark magic, and prophecy pull them into a dangerous alliance where loyalty and desire are almost as perilous as Voldemort's attention.

Written by BlytheMondays. Fourth year goes sideways when Draco Malfoy saves Hermione Granger at the Quidditch World Cup, exposing a secret that could get them both killed. As the Triwizard Tournament returns with paired champions, disappearances, dark magic, and prophecy pull them into a dangerous alliance where loyalty and desire are almost as perilous as Voldemort's attention.

Written by BlytheMondays. Fourth year goes sideways when Draco Malfoy saves Hermione Granger at the Quidditch World Cup, exposing a secret that could get them both killed. As the Triwizard Tournament returns with paired champions, disappearances, dark magic, and prophecy pull them into a dangerous alliance where loyalty and desire are almost as perilous as Voldemort's attention.

Written by BlytheMondays. Fourth year goes sideways when Draco Malfoy saves Hermione Granger at the Quidditch World Cup, exposing a secret that could get them both killed. As the Triwizard Tournament returns with paired champions, disappearances, dark magic, and prophecy pull them into a dangerous alliance where loyalty and desire are almost as perilous as Voldemort's attention.

Written by BlytheMondays. Fourth year goes sideways when Draco Malfoy saves Hermione Granger at the Quidditch World Cup, exposing a secret that could get them both killed. As the Triwizard Tournament returns with paired champions, disappearances, dark magic, and prophecy pull them into a dangerous alliance where loyalty and desire are almost as perilous as Voldemort's attention.

Written by BlytheMondays. Fourth year goes sideways when Draco Malfoy saves Hermione Granger at the Quidditch World Cup, exposing a secret that could get them both killed. As the Triwizard Tournament returns with paired champions, disappearances, dark magic, and prophecy pull them into a dangerous alliance where loyalty and desire are almost as perilous as Voldemort's attention.

Written by BlytheMondays. Fourth year goes sideways when Draco Malfoy saves Hermione Granger at the Quidditch World Cup, exposing a secret that could get them both killed. As the Triwizard Tournament returns with paired champions, disappearances, dark magic, and prophecy pull them into a dangerous alliance where loyalty and desire are almost as perilous as Voldemort's attention.

Written by BlytheMondays. Fourth year goes sideways when Draco Malfoy saves Hermione Granger at the Quidditch World Cup, exposing a secret that could get them both killed. As the Triwizard Tournament returns with paired champions, disappearances, dark magic, and prophecy pull them into a dangerous alliance where loyalty and desire are almost as perilous as Voldemort's attention.