She shoots him a slightly exasperated look. "I wasn't asking how you got here. I was asking how a magician might get there." But she suspects that he's going to be far, far too squirrelly to answer any more questions until she does this for him, and he's going to be too angry and disappointed when it fails, so - So, most likely, she'll never find out about it.

What will he do, when he's disappointed? Will he turn on her? She has a little silver knife strapped to her ankle. Would it be enough to ward him off? A djinni of his power? Doesn't seem likely, but her necklace had warded off Honorius...Well. She's given her word to help him, and if he gets murderous, she'll...deal with that when it happens.

"Go ahead," she sighs. "What do I say?"