"Gonna admit, monster attacks aren't fun. Neither are masquerade balls." She seems to have more disdain for the ball than the monster attacks. Probably because she was more useful - if only just - with the monsters recently. Cataloging information and tracking sightings. The Feywilds were beautiful but she got to be a surly window ornament all night because she couldn't see people talk.

"Thorne favors Academic magic. Which requires exact pronunciations." Which is a polite way to say she's been having trouble learning magic because Thorne's instructors just don't count her as worth their time. "Istredd's going to help me learn going forward."