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The faint voices Sinead could hear from Professor Stewart's office faded as she clicked the door carefully shut behind her, turning to face into the practice room. She always found it a bit of a sanctuary; quiet, well-lit from the tall windows which offered an expansive view over the grounds and lake, and perfectly equipped for Transfiguration practice or even just general study. She preferred it to the library for working- infinitely better than the common room or her dorm- just because it was empty almost as often as not. Solitude was near impossible to come by in Hogwarts- even if the library was quiet, it was still busy. Sometimes Sinead just needed time out to think, and to get some work done.
She stepped out lightly across the wooden floor, her footsteps echoing ever so slightly in the empty space, and set her bag down on the table under the windows. With an air of peaceful contentment, she began to tour the shelves, collecting several Transfiguration textbooks and an assortment of matchboxes, thimbles and the like, which she assembled on a small tray.
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