The mention of mountain, hearth and such does not quite register but the rest she follows, "House Varich has it's reasons for returning, the old foes, they come back, they awaken. Perhaps you knew this. It is better to fight on this beachhead than in Arcadia itself. Or some theorize. My father, so long ago, saw the patterns flowing and planned well. I was prepared and sent here, and Da'an had been worked so that one of our more loyal vassals..or so she once was, would clear the path, for there was a dark doom awaiting me. When Day Maiden and her alies triumphed, I saw the signal of fate's light and took the path needed. I ..." She purses her lips, "I remember seeing several at the school. It was as if Dagmar the lens and I could see through her, though I did not truly infuse. This host seemed ideal, even the name felt ..comfortable, and so I slid forward and made the trade. Even that brief second without protection was chill to the very bone"