Mmm. Tied to a specific place or person, I take it?

[She doesn't ask what it was, because that would only open up the question of what her wish was, and she doesn't want to get into that. It's an easier explanation, perhaps, but a far more embarrassing one.]

I agree with your suspicions of this being some sort of trap, though. Why grant our wishes? Why put us in this town? I know that being "magi" and fighting witches and nightmares has something to do with it, but this is a very... strange recruitment tactic. There must be something else going on.