Quick to cast a privacy Charm and arrange Ernie's many books to give their work some cover, Padma cast a serious look between the two boys. Now that Anthony was here, she pulled a slim tone from her satchel.
"I took the liberty of borrowing this from Professor Flitwick. It has some of the theory behind the Protean Charm, but not the practical application. I almost told him why we needed it," and her face screwed up, as though pained by what had to follow. "But I couldn't help but wonder if some of the professors aren't being subdued by other means."
Their many lessons with Amycus Carrow had shaken Padma to a place of distrust she'd hoped never to go, but feeling quite out of touch with herself, she could not help but to feel twice over as distant from everyone else.