"Mother seemed nice. I very much hope that doesn't happen again." 

"It's somewhat odd they've asked to come with us so quickly - but they may merely be lonely."

"Or want protection from the cult, which would be reasonable enough." 

She nods. "Even three people without martial training is a benefit, over being a teenager alone, I suspect."

"Do they know we have no martial training? We've only said we can raise the dead, not that we can't do anything else." 

"...Good point. Though most scholars are not also fighters."

"When fighting involves physical might, one would imagine not. If there are magical ways of fighting..." 

"Which we should perhaps research."

"And lethal tactics are less lethal in our hands than in some others." 

"Yes. Though that should perhaps be a last resort, still."

"True. Dying isn't fun." 

"And I suspect out strengths lie more in misdirection than in combat..."

She tugs on a lock of her hair. "You have a point." 

"A fight avoided is in many ways a fight won."

"Also true. Better if we never see a cultist."

"Nausicaa seems the type to prefer it that way, too."

"Buuut self defense in case of emergency is still a good thing to have." 

She nods. "I'm not arguing against that, certainly."

Nod. "Maybe we should make a point of reading the Necronomicon ourselves." 

"That seems likely to at least introduce us to what's possible."

"It seems we'll be staying a little longer in Arkham, then." 

"Yes, though I'll want to find at least more perspectives on it before attempting most things, I suspect. Still, reading, and careful notes, will not be a swift process."

"Well, no one knows us in Arkham, so there's no reason not to linger."

"We'll have to find some way to entertain Nausicaa, at least, though they might like simply exploring the area."

"I don't know them well enough yet to have any strong guesses as to what they might like but I suspect I can improvise."