"Because you can only bang your head against a brick wall for so long 'fore you realize y'ain't doin' anythin' but hurtin' yourself. Sorry M- Erik. I've been here, what, four years now? That's half as long as I had powers back home. I went to doctors, I talked to people used t'practice magic, Ah've looked into it, b'lieve you me. Not sayin' it's impossible, just sayin' I haven't had much luck," she sighed.