Kalinda sighed in empathy as the Cynis girl bottled herself up, refusing to accept her comfort, then turned to Izanami with a smile of greeting.  The arm around her shoulder was a bit forewards, but they were going to be working together after all, so she slid a welcoming arm around the overly affectionate girls waist, utterly missing the contradiction of her own thoughts.<br/><br/>Listening carefuly to the description of the sorcerer, she offers, "I can perform a Countermagic strong enought to proct us all from sorcery if we stay close together, but only when I'm fresh.  To deal with demons in combat, I'll have to cast a spell or two every morning, then rely on my Hearthstones to refresh my power before more danger presents itself."<br/><br/>On the coment of family in the river coutnry, she replied, "Not exactly.  Aunt Gamam had turned over the Manse of Serpents, outside of Great Forks, to me so I could continue her research on Walker's Realm while she dealt with family buisness.  We could certainly use it as a base of operations, but the River Country is vast.  My books are packed and waiting outside, I can leave at any time"<br/><br/>