The magic here is unlike her own world, where binding only comes through blood magic or if one was dealing with a spirit. But this new form of magic is one she's slowly learning the rules to, at least in terms of what happened after the contract was signed and one dwelled around it for long. His honest answer is much appreciated, and her lips twitch up at his hurried explanation that it wasn't usual.

"I didn't want to as that quite as directly, but I appreciate you getting to the heart of the matter," she admits, with a small smile. "Did it hurt?" Another question that might seem silly, but she's never specialized in shapeshifting herself -- an elvhen magic, yes -- yet she rather prefers to remain as herself.

It would make being here far more difficult, she thinks, if this was the end result.