If only Lioriley had a tadpole in her brain to blame for the strange deja vu. Alas. All she had were theories and the very unpleasant feeling that she had lost something important, and yet could not tell exactly what that something was.

She would not have caught the sarcasm anyway, so she took the comment at face value and sighed softly. "At times. They are surprisingly resilient creatures though — and determined to the point of folly in their quests for knowledge and power. Dangerous children, if I were to be so bold." a beat. "But I do not mind their company, those that I call friend."