[ He doesn't really know what to say to that at first. On the one hand, his people value magic because it's used for healing and protection, but on the other, what experimental magic has done to him has soured things. Of course he doesn't have a bias against her or anyone here with magic, powers, or whatever they call it, but after what he's experienced he often has an internal flinch at the thought of magic. If these people are banished, is it because magic hurt people in the past? ]

Hm? Oh, only once. Far to the southwest of my land lies a desert, but I didn't venture far into it. I didn't like the looks of it, and once I experienced that sandstorm I had no desire to return.