"Honestly, I've never found out why Nautilus didn't have other wizards under the Powers show up. That part was all kinds of weird."

And made her feel uncomfortably- well, both needed and powerful. There was a reason she was happy no longer being an Ascended, after all.

"Because of those shadows, the void ministry, or...?"

Nita isn't necessarily implying They'd meet up with them on a platform.