I only thought I'd warn you that you may find yourself losing all ten fingernails in short order.

[And she'd finally managed to regrow the other five, as well. A pity. Really, though, she has her own decision to make. Before, with only one hand trapped, she had the option of snatching away her sins. Now, they're going to be on display to this stranger whether or not she chooses to explain them. Thirty seconds to choose.]

So I take it one of these mages came to you hoping for some sort of sympathy that you refused to give.