"Honestly, I don't know. I wasn't the only one, but it was treated more like a fact of life. The world liked to borrow people, I suppose," she offers by way of explanation, and then -

Antiva. A new place, a new country even. She has so much to learn here, and after realising that she maybe was quite close to dying in the Crossroads back then, why does it feel exciting to know that she'll never be done learning?

Something's wrong with her.

"So, Mr..." She never got his surname. "Cedric." Smile. "Do you need further backup in Antiva? I'm not familiar with the region but I can chase off blowhards for you."