"I just don't know why you guys don't have your own college. College of We Like Outdoors And Sex And Walking About Shut Up You're Not Our Mothers. It's sort of long but it gets it across for most apostates." Yes, she's smirking, but hey they want to have the choice to be out and about, more power to them. Mal has now been in every kind of mage situation and she would like to go back to Ostwick, damn it.

"Listen, I'm here to keep an eye on Carlos, and that's it." She stated firmly, "I want to keep him and my chosen family safe, get this war done with, and then form our own Circle and be done with this nonsense. If I got to play politics, fine. I just ... I know where my priorities are, and it's family first."