the MC ruined her only chance to have a friend to talk to. She could tell her. It appears that books are like a window to another world in a different dimension. In a way it makes sense. It is like the many theories telling us that in a different dimension things could be placed in the same occupied place. but in a different layer of reality, etc, etc, etc.
Our MC comes from a more "advance" culture but it shows you how the masses still remain ignorant. She didn't look for more information and just let herself be scared by a magician who is a sort crazy to amuse himself. she was not a child when she met him. I am upset with the MC. She better slap herself and actually think about her situation and try to recall any, if minimum, type of scientific information you can recollect from her world.