She'll refrain from mentioning that she thinks the situation is more complex than that, or that those that have responded oddly for the fact that she must leave seemed to get it when she explained why. It would take time, she admitted, but the more minds on the task...

Anyway. Her instincts?

"My instincts run more to the arcane. Given that the last thing I recall before being brought here is walking into a portal, I figure that if there's a way to make another, it could be connected to where you need to go."

Oh, to be a wizard with a tome who might have the right dimensional spell. But then again, she might not even be able to cast it if she was one. Better to have a few good tools you use well than too many and no skill.