Jill, at first, didn't realise what Ricki was talking about as the for her more urgent matter of Ash had replaced any thoughts about Flarewolfs. When it dawned she smiled briefly. "Good, I'm glad." 

She looked surprised down to her hand when Ricki grabbed it before she looked into the serious eyes of the girl.
Lost at words she stared for a few seconds before she looked away. She opened her mouth a couple of times, doubting wether or not she should open up to Ricki, wether or not she would allow the confidentially and familiarity  with a crewmate or keep the distance and keep a strong image of a confident Captain that was on top of everything and could deal with everything thrown at her without any help.
With a sigh she glanced at Ricki. "I'll be fine, I promise. One day I'll manage something like this" she said, knowing she said as much as 'I'm not fine right now. She continued, "Magic is just so strange to me, I feel utterly useless confronted with it. Give me a horde of monsters or to the teeth armed advesaries and I'll lead everyone to victory. Let me up against something as strange as magic and I'm at loss. I don't know how to respond to that." 

She would need to learn how to deal with it, she would at least have the knowledge so she could make the right decisions when presented with tough situations. One of the reasons she wanted Ash as her second in command was that they would know what to do but know they succumed to some weird magic themselves she was painfully aware of a void that needed to be dealt with.

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Alans mouth dropped further and further as the list of food continued. "You are going to feed which army?" he asked, "How are we supposed to eat all of that?"

Gnol's grin widened with the increasing list. "Sounds absolutely delicious. I'll be round as a barrel if you cook like that every day," he said with a laugh. "I better start working out every day with you in the kitchen.