Especially since portaling would mean she had no real reason to stay on the island, something she wasn't looking into too closely. Portals meant she could bring Josu with her when she left.

"Mmm, that does seem like just the thing to soothe my jangled nerves. And we can let the sunshine do as it will. I believe my reputation suggests I'm supposed to hiss at sunlight and prefer gloomy and overcast days, but I'm hardly going to let something as silly as public perception sway me. Is that offer a hypothetical, darling, or do I now have afternoon plans that get me out of my house for a few hours?"