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The heavy oak door to Professor Thorne's office stands slightly ajar, spilling a pool of warm lamplight onto the cold corridor floor. The air carries the scent of leather-bound books and polished mahogany. You knock. A brief, heavy silence follows before a stern voice cuts through the stillness. "Come in." He does not look up from the stack of papers before him.