It only helps to believe there's a destination before you when you know where you want to go. Otherwise, the destination might feel more like a sentence that you can't escape.

[it might feel more like a cage really. she never had that problem at least, but she's also not spent a lot of time thinking about her future, wondering about where it might lead her or where she wanted to lead her. in hogwarts, she'll have the chance to.

professors will want to know where her interests lie, and it will matter. she smiles sideways at her]

Really? I... think I'd really like that.

[maybe she'll be a professor herself one day. she likes teaching other people how to take care of themselves, how to survive, how to view the world in a different way.]