( He doesn’t know her personal circumstances enough to argue that and no one to go looking. For all he knows, she had a wretched existence even in that marvelous library. So for now, best to focus instead on: )

For what it’s worth—

Even if you were the richest comtesse in Candlekeep, with legions to dote upon you, and endless luxury to want to return to, there’s still no ‘going back’. There’s no rip in reality to carry us back to the worlds we knew. The Fade gives and it takes away, but the Fade made us here and this is our home now, for better or worse.

And if it’s for the better, then. All the better. Look forward, not back.