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GlassXRose 
Elinor nodded, her attention still on the evidence. "Perhaps a few employees from the Time Room on level nine would be a good group of experts to consult on such a thing." Anyone taking mental notes? Jot that down.
"Well," she sighed, taking a moment to straighten up. "It wouldn't surprise me if it did, however, you're probably correct... I think a student found this out of her posession, so it's unlikely." .
Well, there was an idea. She assumed that, despite the case surrounding Level 2, that surely help from another department wouldn't hurt. The Time Room....she had been there once, not the most pleasant place in the world. Then again, it wasn't the most pleasant situation either. "Good point. We can arrange a meeting with a resident expert or two."
Esme cocked her head to one side as she studied the locket, musing over the idea of it being of sentimental value. It was found out of her possession...."Any idea how long it had been out of her possession? Long enough that she realized that it was gone? If so, any strong attempts to get it back?"
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She lowered her face down to the level of the table. "Mind boggling, isn't it? To consider that perhaps time is not percieved as a single line. She said she took minutes away from people's lives as she used this device. But time, itself, did not stop or shorten. Instead, that would mean that time is nothing but smaller lines all strung together... And all she did was take snippets away from each line..." Was she making any sense? It made sense to her.
"What charm on earth could--could allow the caster to steal time from anyone who has touched it?"
Yes...yes, it was mind boggling. "That....would make sense, but if the 'lines' were long enough that the stealing of minutes did nothing to impact time itself. Kinda like a thread in a sweater. Take away a few threads, yet it doesn't make an impact in the appearance of the clothing. I guess the same applies to time, but just in a....more complicated way."
"Maybe a form of Accio?" She ventured a guess.
She nodded towards Aaron. "Perhaps she was waiting for someone, but the question would be who? And why so long? Was it someone who was young and she was waiting for them to grow up? If so, who could be that important to her?"
While she was speaking, Elinor was working at placing the pieces of orb back together. It took a while, but finally she held the finished product in the palm of her hand. She studied it briefly, wondering why an orb to hold such magic? "Any significance to the orb itself, I wonder....like....why charm an orb?" And then she thought of something else. "Silly question here, but....wasn't that orb destroyed for a reason? Like...so as not to be placed back in its original form? How do we know that the charm won't still be active?"