A wave of relief washed over her and the tenseness in her shoulders eased. She offered a smile in return, grateful to have someone so kind and helpful so quickly. She had been worried but she was a little more at ease.

"New? Ah, I suppose I must be," she replied, a bit unused to the phrasing. New to the curse, perhaps. Was he cursed too, then?

"Thank you so much for your kindness. Where... is here, exactly?"