[This is... All starting to hit really close to home. Mary isn't sure how she's meant to feel about this, maybe it's just an effect of the spell? Hmm. All the more reason to try and fix things sooner rather than later.]

Uh, ummm... You're a lot older than me. [She can kind of see why no one his own age would want to stay with him-- Ahem.] But okay, we can be friends I guess. It's no fun being lonely for ever and ever.