( Jill is already a firm believer in the fact that their roles as Summoned can only, ultimately, cause harm to this world. If they are so special, if only they can solve the problems of this world, then sooner or later resentment will build regardless of Wanda's claims otherwise. What world, Jill wonders, is she from where that is not the case? People fear those who are more powerful -- and that fear will always result in violence.

And while she can take care of herself, it is for the people caught between who had no choice but to find themselves in the middle that Jill feels for. )

A century? ( He had been referred to as a 'Witcher', perhaps that was a part of it. Though she cannot imagine living for such a long time. ) Magic itself drained the land of what it needed to survive. Perhaps something similar is at work here, though there seems to be no hope to reclaim it.