Over a half a decade. Yes, that made sense. She had the talent of someone who had been training for awhile but without the refinement in her power that many of the elders had. But her comment about re-ensouling a vampire caused him to lift an eyebrow. Vampires? Honestly? Wolfjackels had been a bit of a stretch as far as he'd been concerned at the beginning, but he had never actually expected anything like that to be tossed at him.
And then her comment about the crystal caused his consciousness to be jerked at hard. His hand tightened around the item before looking over at her, studying her closely. Many more advanced students wore their crystals or carried them as items. Even Jennifer had fashioned her into a pendent. But there were no signs of anything like that on this woman even in the best concealed sense.
"You're not a Magicker then," Jonnard stated, no curiosity in his voice. Just a statement of fact. "But you're still able to draw on the power in the ley lines?" And there was the curiosity. "Curious."