"Yes, Cosima was doing that a few weeks ago, right when she and I first arrived." Hermione didn't like to dwell on how long she'd been here and she hoped Velma didn't ask about it. She wouldn't blame her if she did, though; it was part and parcel of a thorough investigation.
"I'll have to admit you're much more technologically inclined than myself, and perhaps some of the others here who've been researching." She thought briefly of Elizabeth and the conversations they'd had about various technologies and theories. "It'll be good to add your mind to ours, you'll see things differently." Not that she was glad Velma was in Marrowood; no one ought to be there.