Circle, she recognized from her (far too brief) history lesson - the place where mages were trained; but Lothering, not so much. (She resisted the urge to pull out her copy of the map to check.)

"Lara," she replied. "I'm--"

She hesitated a moment, recalling the warning to be cautious. Even if they had just helped each other, there was always the chance that could change. She reached to take the hand carefully.

"Not from around here."