[Steelbite Canyon]
Magdalene's cavalier attitude towards her own death is certainly putting Calm Reed on edge. It's not exactly something a monk is meant to approve of. Then again, the first friend she met in the Nexus is a flesh-eating ghoul, so is she really in a position to judge? Magdalene seems to be using her condition towards righteous ends. For the moment at least. She's also not quite sure when she was put in charge of this party... but then, it's natural for a Dragon-Blooded.
"The resistance is more than I had anticipated," she admits. "I would rather not get caught in the open when they arrive. Let us retreat somewhere safer and see what our next move should be."