"But," Bell shrugs, "you're probably better at operating in unfamiliar environments than I am. If nothing else, you can beat people up and take their stuff. I can only do that if I want to set them on fire. And that's pretty extreme and doesn't work as a harmless threat anywhere that doesn't commonly have magic wands, and hence people who can counter my stick. And you could expect to find a door sooner."

Bell is still a little upset about that. She scuffs her foot on the floor in a halfhearted kick.