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Anna sat alone in the Common Room again, this time taking up the entire couch. The last two times she had been here, it had all ended well, but she was looking for something different this time, and she knew that was hard to find.

Anna twirled a lock of hair around her finger one, two, three times before gently letting it go, molding itself to the curly camouflage of her hair. She smiled, because it made her feel calm and collected, which was a change.