"But there is no stream here to wash in," she pointed out. And the kitchen was too far to go back to every time she finished cutting something....

She sighed at the thought she couldn't learn that other power. Not that she cared about powers in general, but it would have made her useful, wouldn't it?

She shrugged a bit at the question. "I'm used to being alone just me and my Cards and Goligan whenever my Master has to go out. Sometimes it is days at a time, so that was fine," she said softly. That might have been fine but she clearly wasn't.