"Maybe," she says vaguely. She knows the Keeper doesn't miss Gavin, since she was endlessly yelling at him, and she'd hope the Keeper missed her own daughter Beleth, but the two have never really been close. And even though Ellana and the Keeper keep in touch via letter, she isn't sure she's really missed. She's the leftover mage. If anyone would be missed, it's Pel. She still doesn't understand why the First had to come when no one would miss the mage with no real importance to the clan.

The disappointment is brief, but Ellana wonders if she's said something wrong. It's hard to know what people will find offensive, but she was just giving information, wasn't she?

"Oh, no, I don't want to practice on people. Targets are fine."