"I think you are going to sit over there--" she nodded with her chin to a little area back further away from the rift but still in sight of it, "-- to do your research. You do not need to be any closer to the rift. Unless you're about to try to tell me that you are incapable of any magic without a staff."

The last was delivered incredibly dryly, but her arm did not move, nor did her glare lessen.