"Not at all," Corbie said quickly, finally raising her eyes. "Actually I was just thinking it might be a bad idea to be by myself 'cause I don't know how much this is gonna take out of me and... well. Wizards are kinda known not to have much sense where I'm from, but I ain't that stupid." She was sure she'd made this as safe as she could realistically do, but if it too enough out of her that she passed out out here, well.

She knew Mildmay would start searching for her if she didn't come back, but she couldn't do that to him.