[Well, this saves Nadine bringing it up herself. She'd been planning on broaching the subject, whether or not Julie was open to forgiving her. But this makes it easier.]

That's the other thing I wanted to talk to you about. I think the Free Cities would be a lot better for you. And probably me, too. We have people there. But you specifically have a lot of people who care about you there. Lloyd and I have been saving up, too. Just added to the fund tonight, actually. If you want to go in the next couple of days, we can.

[She would have liked more time here to learn, but...Lloyd can grab her a book before they take off. Academic Magic is just as easy to learn from a book as from another mage - not that either is particularly easy. This is more important. Getting Julie somewhere she feels safe and has a wider immediate support network takes precedence over any other plans or ideas Nadine may have had.]

And I can make sure we have a financial cushion. I have a key to the shop where I work, I know where the money is. I can send Lloyd the night before we leave, there's no one there at night. It's not going to ruin my boss or anything.

[Otherwise she'd feel guilty. More guilty, anyway.]