Harry and Ron returned mid-morning, bearing news that the search crew had set off for the ship. They’d met the two tattooed officers on the dock that morning. Upon returning to the villa, Harry set off in search of Marella to update her, leaving Ron and Hermione alone in the lounge room. It was a comfortable space, with tall wooden bookcases in the walls, filled with various artifacts and trinkets, and the type of furniture that one could sink down into, draped with blankets and down-filled pillows. Hermione had been sitting in the room since breakfast, researching the crystal with some of the books and scrolls that Marella had in her library. 