Christine exhales a nervous laugh and shakes her head no. "I am perfectly stable, I assure you." No need to feed his ego. "I ask because I wish to become one too, and there is a test..." She knows it will be hard for him to understand, not being from this world or truly understanding the Fade. Even regular people don't really understand the Fade. Only mages do.

"This test is the final step, and the most dangerous. If I don't pass this test... I won't survive." She looks up at him with a grave expression.