She does. She is also good at not thinking about things.

"And you can restore even things you've never seen?" she asks the boy.

"If it is made out of atoms and not smarter than a snail I can make it. It doesn't need to have ever existed but I need more detail if it didn't. Also I don't read minds without permission."

"He suggested restoring New York."

"Adding the Library of Alexandria to a restored New York could serve as a touristic attraction, if we can deal with the leftover radiation to rebuild."

"Eidolon will be able to come up with something."

"At home there's a way to do minds so I could do resurrection but I don't have a way to get it here."

"Home—"

"He is from a parallel dimension."

"—I see."

"And I believe I should take him to the Wards in Chicago." Is that a note of defiance in his voice? Perhaps. One could think there is a lot of subtext present, here. "Although he said he would like to build something pretty first."

"At home we call my species Elves and we don't do very well in human cities, they're not pretty enough. In general. I could live in one of your cathedrals but it'll be easier to just make myself something nice." He glances at the Silmaril. "That's why I made this - I'll write you up a list of things I can do as soon as I have time to calm down somewhere pretty and write my family. I don't want to miss anything and I bet I'm missing some right now because I'm sad and scared - also I tried asking the scary ash monster what it wanted and it didn't answer and there were people to heal so I left, I might try again now that I can try for longer -"

"If you can read Behemoth's mind that would be very useful."

"Do you want me to take you anywhere in particular? Or should we leave you be, until you're feeling better?"

"I can read Behemoth's mind but I don't read minds without permission, it'd be different if he were hurting people right now but having hurt people in the past isn't a good enough reason. And if you have a place you want me to go where no one will mind if I build a house that'd be good. I don't mind if you keep me company, I'm just going to build a house and sing for the dead people."

"We could go to Chicago, then, so you can be near the Wards building and the current Protectorate HQ."

"We're pretty sure, as far as ethical violations go, reading Behemoth's mind is very low on the list compared to figuring out where he came from and how threats like him can be stopped."

"I'm not a very good judge of character and I shouldn't just trust you just because you're the first people I met. If I have the whole story then maybe that'd be worth it but  - I'm really really magic, you'd have lots of reasons not to mention stuff -"

"The whole story is Behemoth appeared two years ago near an oil rig and killed lots of people, then a year ago destroyed São Paulo, and this year decided to have New York for a snack. You can check newspapers about this, with your powers, I expect."

He makes himself a data stick. "Okay. Do you want a ride to Chicago?"

"I should stay and help coordinate the last evacuation efforts as well as the teams helping the surrounding cities."

"If you can reach Chicago, your means of transportation sounds much better."

"I can reach anywhere in this dimension or any of its neighbors and I can take an entire planet along with me if I want - getting it to land in a stable orbit's hard, though - is the air above Chicago okay, I usually teleport there to avoid landing on people-"

"Yes, no one will be surprised if I appear with a teleporter now, the news about Behemoth will have spread. Your wings are a bit conspicuous, though, are they permanent?"

"I could cut them off and make them again next time I needed them. But I'd miss them."

"The problem with them would be keeping a secret identity."