[She laughs a little at that.]

I suppose you're right! [Granted they could disappear any day - any of them could - but that shouldn't stop any pursuit of learning. She can't even imagine just sitting back and doing nothing, just waiting to go home.]

There are a lot of other things I'd like to do that aren't practicing dark magic, but perhaps I ought to give a little time to it. I've been here for quite a while myself now.