...a fair question. In times past, when I was still in a Circle tower, I could have more easily answered you. I belonged there, prospered. I couldn't imagine being anywhere else. But...that time is over, and I can no longer see myself within those walls.

[Her tone is slightly melancholy at that; it was her home for the longest time, flaws and all, but she would be lying -to him and herself- if that still applied. For good or ill (and there is plenty of both), she now belongs to the world outside.]