Valla allowed herself the luxury of calming down, taking some deep breaths. It looked like Tommy was going to be okay. Valla hadn't been through this much excitement since the storm, she hadn't been prepared for it.<br/><br/>"The fire. I assume he worked it. You know, with magic," she said, stating the obvious. Valla wanted to sound confident and knowledgable, but she knew just how green she probably looked to Saul. Despite the power she wielded, and Tommy as well it seemed, she knew precious little about it. Her apprenticeship was supposed to solve that.<br/><br/>"And I used a spell also to help get him back here, something knew I learned. I think both of us have been getting stronger, since we got to the island," she ventured, thinking aloud. "I think, well, because we have to. We're all a little desperate."