She gives a bit of a nod at his first question. It's the one that can be passed over for now. Mostly because it is sort of a personal matter and what she views as the more delicate situation. Discussion on it can be saved for later.

"Usually, they hate each other. The politics of it are... weird now..." What with an apparent alliance between the two factions, but Abigail didn't pretend to understand that. "But, as a rule, they don't like each other. Witches don't really tend to have a hard and fast like or dislike for any group. Except that the two Circles tend to be opposed. But some of us are trying to reconcile that."