It's a good thing you didn't. It would be a good excuse to keep you there.

[ If she attacked after getting out of the water, anyone could understand that. But Istredd is slightly paranoid of the situation they're in. Trapping one of the Summoned would probably be easier than following all of them. He is suspicious they're just letting them leave, but he isn't going to think too much on it. As long as it gets him out.

He meets her gaze with his own, calm. ]

I'm Istredd. I'm a mage and historian in my world. Although my powers have not returned just yet.

[ They said they would and he has to be patient, but it is difficult to lose something that has always been with him. Even when he was too young to use them, he felt something different in his body, a power that never wavered. There is only emptiness where it lies, although with each passing day he can feel it start to unfurl. He has never been reliant on magic but he still wants it back.

Historian probably doesn't sound that exciting to anyone outside of the field, but he loves it, and now he has a whole new history to learn. ]

And you?