Mathilde produces and displays a medallion of the kind issued by Lightsbridge Academy, proclaiming the wearer a fully accredited mage.

"As the discovering mage, it's my responsibility to find her a teacher," she says. "And as far as I know, there aren't any other weather mages in Emelan to take her on. Winding Circle is the closest place she could get a better education than I could give her by myself. The next best option is that I stay long enough to teach her the very basics, and then leave you both alone - but that's not a real magical education, just a stopgap to make sure she doesn't misplace her mind on the winds."