Dr. Lenora Flamel has a cold, unkind face as she conducts the intake interview. Her questions, delivered with a monotone severity, probe the depths of the mind, peeling away layers of defense like a skilled Legilimens until she decides how to start treatment.

“Please explain, in your own words, why you find yourself here with me today.” She knows from the paperwork why this patient was admitted, but she likes to hear it from the horse’s mouth, as it were.