She had to stop and think about that, because the whole decision behind that had been a long one. For nearly half a calendar year, Eirika had obsessed her free waking thoughts on finding a way back to Magvel. She had suffered through grand homesickness that disrupted her ability to be near the people she had grown invested in. She had... longed and wished and hoped to not feel so alone in a world that was completely new and foreign to her. And in many ways, several of those thoughts had not left her. If anything, the latter was far more prominent with Innes having left. But those were all very deep considerations and she had barely begun breaking into them with Connor. It wasn't about to begin where she'd divulge them so easily.

"It is true that when I first arrived here I had wanted nothing more than to return to my homeland. My arrival here was not of my volition and what proceeds in my absence is something I should be present for. But it's also a matter out of my hands and it is my responsibility to hold faith in the people I left behind to have the strength needed to carry on without me as long as necessary."

Weaving her hands together, she found her posture straightening, "However, I feel I can do a great deal of good while I'm here. I can wait to return home, and when I do find that portal, perhaps all things will be in a better station. I've not the power to see the future, but I know what it is that I want to accomplish and I'll do what I can and what I must."