Quinn also wanted to make a trip to the library. The first night in the common room, he realized that, if he wanted to have any chance of getting through the term, he needed to learn. And not from his classes—Quinn didn't trust anything that these Neo-Alliance people were trying to put in his brain. The trauma that was DADA set him back a while so that he could mentally recuperate, but it also lit a greater fire in him. He knew these people could hurt him and his friends with ease. He needed to learn something to defend himself.

He just wasn't exactly sure where to start.

Quinn didn't know if he even trusted the librarian to make a selection for him if the staff was being forced to do whatever the Headmaster said. Quinn knew he wanted to learn offensive and defensive magic, and he would want to brush up on some magical history as well. Hogwarts history could be a good starting place, but he already had Hogwarts: A History on hand, so he came to the library more so for the magic aspect.

Quinn recognized one of the older Ravenclaw girls (Valencia) and went over to her. This would be... a weird question, but he thought she was safest to ask. She should know a fair bit of magic at this point. He just hoped she wouldn't ask too many questions about what he was doing—practicing battle magic was probably not something the Headmaster would approve of, and the less people that knew, the safer he and other students would be.

"Er, excuse me, but... d-do you know what books would be good for, um... learning about some advanced-but-not-expert-level offensive and defensive spells?"