"The implantation of false memories to replace those obliviated is very interesting," she admitted. "Though what intrigued me the most was the ramifications on a person's psyche should the false memories be withheld." That chapter alone had been what made Padma purchase the book. There were—from the dust jacket—reports on Muggles who had been Obliviated for their own good, but improperly handled after. Institutionalization had occurred in several cases. Padma swallowed at the remembered thought.
"I admit, I haven't gotten terribly far in the book, though." She pressed her lips together and gave him a bit of a smile, trying to present herself as normal, this conversation as casual. She felt stilted in her speech, in her demeanor—she was never this awkward around Theodore, and it bothered her to know she was now.