Eve smiled and replied, "Yes, I have many other things I can do. I can enchant your weapons and armor with spells and such. A spell for blindness would only be temporary, a potion would last much longer but it would take quite a while to make. Fireballs?" 

She stopped to think and nodded very slowly. "If the situation were grave I could, but it would quite likely knock me out for days or weeks." 

She watched his expression and said, "Magic is not free even to the best of all witches. It costs her energy and in some cases they can cost a witch her life if the spell is large enough."


[@Kelewen]  She looked at Cedric. "I could do it in the field."