"I mean no offense, but if a creature of Lazare's age could not fend them off, you will stand little chance. It is thanks to pure luck, and one good favor with a will worker called in, that I have survived this long." She didn't sound terribly concerned about it. Her ability to appear as a blank slate was her greatest skill.
"As for Adrushka...You are not alone in your fear. But I cannot save her. There is nothing more I can bring her but pain, and I would rather see her burn to ash than inflict such anguish on her again."