[Jade nods in agreement, meditation forgotten for the time being. Getting to know fellow new arrivals seems like a much better use of her time, if she's being honest. Meditation had been getting her nowhere, and they're all in the same unfortunate position. It would serve them well to talk.]

It's the same for me, as well. I know a number of mages, chief among them being my oldest travel companion.

['Oldest' in more than one sense of the word, she supposes. Really, she thinks of him as her grandfather, even without there being a drop of blood between them. Blood mattered little in these situations.]

I'm sure he would know how to handle this, as well. I suppose we'll have to learn to get by without them for now, hm?