Hermione let him take her hand, and squeezed his fingers, but then rolled her eyes at the question. "Ron, we'd be lucky if were were able to find it, destroy it, and get out ourselves.... " Especially since she didn't have the slightest idea where to start looking. Maybe if they asked the DA... but no, they couldn't do that, and the DA had their own problems with teachers torturing students.
"I know I sound like a ... nihilist, or something. But I don't see any other way."