In the dark, Michaela found it easy to think.
No, she was not a witch but the idea of sitting in the light scared her at that moment as it reminded her that it had been two years and it was now that she was realizing that she had no idea who Gal was.
Her mind went back to when they met two years ago. It was high time she thought of whether it was Gal's missing that made her realize that she knew nothing about Gal or maybe she knew all along and had decided to ignore.
Actually, ignoring something was way better than knowing that thing and then ignore.
At the time Michaela was planning to leave town. She had different reasons why she needed to move to another town. It was only that Michaela didn't know that they had the same character, they did the same things until they arrived at the town they have been staying for the past two years.
Both Gal and Michaela moved around a lot.