Like I said before, you don't have to do anythin' the way you used to. None of us do. [ She bites her lip, and her next words are hesitant. ] Maybe... maybe it's not all bad that he's gone, y'know? I wish he weren't, but like, we went from the old world to his world, and none of us ever really got a chance to spread our wings or whatever. No harm, no foul to do it in this world, right? And if he comes back, we can do more, help him more.

[ Isn't that what he would want? For his most faithful to be more capable in his absence, for them to maintain rather than wither away without him? And even more, what choice do they have? Even if Flagg were to hate it, they still have to keep living in Abraxas. ]

There's some simple stuff I wanna learn, and like, basic fightin' skills maybe? But I'm not the best student, really. I never was. But I figure, if you learn magic, and I do the practical stuff, then we're already halfway to where we were before, right?