Since then, she had spent nearly all of her time in the library, something that Theo was only too keen to encourage. He frequently went on tangents about opening her mind up to all sorts of magic, about how nothing should be forbidden to her. At first, she'd felt a terrible churning in her stomach about how awful some of the things she was learning, but she quickly gave up caring. For once in her life, Hermione threw caution to the wind, letting herself read any book that she wanted, no matter how dark and repulsive she found the magic inside.