Long is less than sanguine about her cheer, although he hates to be a wet blanket. So he doesn't say their gifts never last, instead he only offers a non-committal noise.

The bit about the power is interesting, though, and he arches a brow. "A power! Do tell. I must say, I have never met so many people beyond the pale, as it were, in many years of life on earth, as in my single year here in Taxon."