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The first thing to do was attain clara.
Val was used to meditating. She tried to make it something that she did in the morning, before beginning her other duties. It helped that, even after all this time, she still slept terribly, and so was often awake before the first rays of morning. She had the time, as long as she had the inclination.
Still, she was only an initiate, and so it took longer than she might have liked. But finally, the world snapped into focus -- or out of focus, depending on your perspective -- and she knew she'd attained the proper state.
This being done, she cast Invisibility. It wasn't a particularly difficult spell, but given that her powers were still only developing, it still required concentration and care for her to cast it properly. She made the weave well, however, and the spell was cast. Although there was no one else in the room but Umbrosus to view it, she was now hidden from sight.
At this point, she turned immediately back to the piano and started to play. It was sort of a juvenile exercise, but Val wanted to see how far she could get, and whether it was a trick she could use later -- having a piano playing without anyone visible to play it.
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