"I don't know if courage has much to do with it, it's easier maybe when you don't really know what you're dealing with at first. I had a job to do and I did it, and it was the right thing." It was easier to think less about the Mire because she had more questions than answers when it came to the them and how magic really functioned. And even more questions about the mark on her hand and the connection it had to everything about them.

"The person I shared a tent with in the Mire had the gall to tell me it was only going to get colder. Colder! I cannot imagine it being colder than it is!" It means more snow and wasn't that a singularly horrifying thought. "What sort of herbs? Though I only know that blood lotus definitely isn't to be used for healing."