At least he's honest about it, which she appreciates. Nightsisters and their magick are well-known for trickery and deception, but Merrin has always been the more straightforward type of Nightsister.

"You should not be so serious," she says lightly, and there it is—humor alight in her eyes, the corners of them crinkling slightly. Her lips purse a little as if she's holding back a smile. "I can take others with me, but it is a more complicated ritual. It takes time," she adds, because she feels like she owes him at least the truth.