"Thanks for the offer. I think I might be best on my own for a while, though. Get my head on straight. Things weren't exactly rainbows and kittens when I left. Not that I'm saying this is any better." A lot in her mind right now, though, and she was still mad at herself for allowing these attachments to run so deep. Sloppy. She knew better than that.

Not something she wanted to talk about, so she flipped the topic off of her. "He says you're holding your own. I assume that means the two of you have been continuing your training?"