[ A soft hissing sound, she doesn't need to be reminded of what magic costs, ]

I could not go to them and rule the House. And then who would take it? The necromancer and his kind. Do I avenge my sisters and leave the House to be looted, or do I find another way.

[ A rhetorical question. She bits her lip and looks at nothing for a long moment before she answers the other question, ]

You are safe with me.