Elizabeth shook her head and laughed. It was not a humorous or happy laugh at all. "You say I went with you willingly, but what choice did I really have?" she asked, eyebrow raised in query. "Sure, I could have chosen at [i]any time[/i] to leave you, because if you [i]were[/i] trying to save me, I'd be killing myself, and if you were trying to [i]kidnap[/i] me, I sincerely doubt a guy who can do what you've been doing would have any trouble stopping me in my tracks." She sighed and sank down into a nearby chair; she wasn't going anywhere tonight. That much was clear. Her eyes widened a bit as Seraph conjured a footstool for himself, but the limits of what was possible had been so thoroughly shattered for her that night that she didn't even care anymore. It was magic. [i]Whoop-de-doo at this point,[/i] she mused fatalistically.

"And you're right: I [i]don't[/i] understand the gravity of this situation, because my only plans for tonight were to eat a meal with my teammates, go home, spend a night online, and maybe watch a movie. Now I'm being chased by demons, running halfway through town and nearly dying with every step while my family and friends are apparently frozen in time with no idea what's going on, and according to you, my only hope is to flee the planet - [i]flee the freaking planet[/i] - with you; a nutjob in a hoodie with a magic wand and powers!" She failed to notice how her voice was steadily gaining volume as she vented her frustrations out all at once. "But you're [i]not[/i] a nutjob, are you? No, you're a freaking [i]Wizard![/i] And you're a Wizard, too!" she added, motioning toward Seth. "Wizards, magic, demons, and in the middle of it all is me, and I have [i]no desire whatsoever[/i] to be a part of it all! But I'm stuck here, aren't I? Stuck dealing with you two who I have [i]no[/i] reason to trust, except that my only other option is to go running outside and be abducted by [i]those things![/i]" She was shouting at this point. "So [i]forgive[/i] me if I seem a little bit hesitant to go diving into Wizard Land with you and leave everything I've ever known behind because everything I've [i]never[/i] known is apparently trying to [I]KILL ME![/I]"

By now, Elizabeth was standing up again, screaming the last two words especially loudly. She stood panting, her tirade of fear and frustration finally spent. She looked at Seraph as she steadily began to calm down. After her panting again became slow, deep breaths, she was able to sit back down. She simply let out a long, frustrated sigh, having realized even as she was speaking that she really did have very little choice in this matter. She put her elbows on her knees and her face in her hands. She didn't cry, to her credit - she'd let just about everything out in her screaming - but she was suddenly feeling very tired and powerless, neither of which appealed to her. She was going to have to put her life in the hands of this stranger and hope beyond all hope that he might actually want to help her. [i]Well, at this point, I'm pretty much gone already,[/i] she said to herself. [i]If he means well, great. If not, at this point, there's really nowhere else for me to go anyway.[/i] It was a long, long time before she finally spoke again, and when she did, it was in a very quiet, subdued voice.

"When do we leave?"