It took a moment for Verity to realize who Hermione's friend must have been. When Verity had gone to see Padma in hospital, the injured girl hadn't been feeling chatty, let alone ready to open up about what happened to her. The details were... disturbing.
"I don't exactly get it," she admitted, rubbing her knuckles. She was still trying to wrap her head around all the information: first Padma attacked in her dreams, then Sally attacked and covering it up, and Anthony hysterical and covered in blood. "Someone is messing with people's heads, right? But how? And what are we supposed to do about it?"