Absolutely serious. [firmly, in spite of the nerves making her fingers fumble along the spine of her book as she reaches for it] You never know when a situation might call for..

[ Well. Magic, essentially. A bit of chaos to get them out of trouble - or further into it, depending on your point of view. And the undercurrent here lately is...uncomfortable. And there wasn't even a racial element to it, as there would be back home.

Her expression lifts a little at the mention of somewhere close - relatively, at least. ]

We..might need to go a little further out, depending. [she doesn't plan on anything especially explosive, but one never can tell when it comes to chaining astral energy into increasingly devastating effects.] But I'd really like that, if you're willing to come with me. You wanted to see what else I could do, right?