Annie squirmed in her chair as the hat deliberated, wondering if anyone else had taken this long and if maybe she'd answered wrong.  She held her breath as the next question came

Who inspires you and why?

"My mum!" she thought after a small pause, releasing the breath she'd been holding. "She's poised and beautiful but skilled and knowlegeable.  She knows what to do even when things go bad.  She's a healer. Oh! and my uncle because when times were hard he changed his whole life to come help us."