@wakesleft, "i wish i could do more. i really do."
"SPARE ME YOUR WISHES," it is ungenerous, to hold against him the little beyond his control that he cannot changed — especially as he has helped so much. but she has never been known to be generous, not in sentiment, anyway. and the necromancer was grating on her nerves simply by breathing at present. "they waste my time & yours- i can do little and less with wishes. i need results."