She gestures for me to look around and I start reading through everything. She stands in the doorway watching me as I read, read about ancient blood curses, binding spells, soul magic, love magic, sex magic, blood magic, ancient pure blood slavery rituals. I start sorting her notes into piles with my wand, separating papers by topic, I come across magic akin to the imperius curse, control rituals, a medieval practice about flesh poppets. I sift through all of her notes, all her texts and tomes for hours. Eventually, once everything is in piles and I have a grasp on what she’s been stewing on, I turn to her and say "Which is your favourite theory? What do you think is most likely here"