[Incredible. She's not sure yet if she should be relieved or more worried.]

Witches, demons, demi-gods... Sophie, how do you keep getting yourself into these messes?

[It's a mystery. But somehow she's still alive, so--]

I see... so even if I could use magic, it probably wouldn't be any use here.

[She's kind of glad Howl's not here. If he couldn't use magic, who knows what kind of fuss he'd make.]

Still... if they took something from you, it has to be here somewhere, right?