[ Normally she might agree, but there's something that's been bothering her for some time now. Since they arrived in this frozen palace, in fact. ]

Even if they aren't here, they can't be far. A curse this powerful needs to be maintained, and that would be difficult to do from a distance.

[ Sorry, Lupin, that's probably not the news he wanted to hear.

Tentatively, she places her hand on the throne once more. ]

Even siphoning power from something like this, that won't last forever.