"She did. Twice." It was complicated. "I don't think people come back. But about a week before I boarded, I didn't think that anything supernatural existed." So the mental debate he was having was still ongoing.

He didn't know the word 'loci', but since she was talking about a station he figured it was about the same thing. "So I... guess it has something to do with whatever magic thing it is that you can do. I don't really understand magic."

Ootha reached into his pocket and took out his amulet, staring down at it. "This has most of the magic I use, but I can't show you without her around..." And his soul. No big deal, right?