Hermione blinked a few times, having to drag herself away from her runes translations - she could see the damned things behind her eyes, and in her sleep - to focus on what he was saying, and by the time she'd processed enough of that, he was handing her a slender box that could really only be one thing, at least she hoped it could only be.
She opened the box slowly, taking out the wand and suddenly, inexplicably, having to force herself to blink away tears.
"What's the core?" She asked, and she'd meant to say thank you, but she wasn't sure just yet that she could say it without launching herself at him to hug him.