"I was. Innocent, I mean." He gave her a disbelieving look, and her eyes widened. "I was!"
"... Until I was ten-ish, I guess." Amusement replaced the earnest look, and she flipped around gracefully to skate beside him again. "I tormented the older elementals. A lot. But I was kind of scared of people in town, so I didn't go wild there." Cloistered. That's what she'd been.