"Once I have my sword and bells back I'll be competent enough. Until then...I thank you for the protection." She smiles.

"Charter magic," she says. Normally she'd hide it in Ancelstierre, but she has no reason to believe that anyone here is against the idea when they're purple and fanged. Their world has been upended, harnessing some rogue schoolgirl magician shouldn't be a priority. "It won't hurt you."

She holds it out for Maxim to take, then whispers more marks and makes one for herself.