It took Nico a moment to parse what Trixie had said, and another to grit her teeth to keep from snarking about it.

"Obscuring our comings and goings sounds like a good plan here," she said. She hefted the Staff in her hand, the tiny red jewels tinkling softly against the metal ornament on the head. "I can cast any spell, once. Short of raising the dead. But I have to bleed a little for it."

Ugh, great, she was going to traumatize a My Little Pony.