Ellana doesn't speak for a moment, not sure what to think. She's just accepted that she has no family here, unless she counts Gavin as her foolish older brother who always ends up disappointing her. Her gaze lowers, eyes darting back and forth as she thinks. When she looks up, her forehead is wrinkled, confused.

"Are you really not First anymore? Aren't you planning on returning to lead someday?" She has mixed feelings about this; feelings she wouldn't have if she'd not had the upbringing she did. There had been no extra training for her and no straight path set before her. Nothing she could cling to that would keep her focused on her future. And that was because she had come into her magic after Pel and Sorrel: the First and the backup. And now the First wasn't First anymore. It stung. It made her feel... disappointed in Keeper Deheune.