[Commander's Village]

"Fearing magic and non-humans... just like home, except with more science," Wenomir observes, then shakes his head. "Most of us are either not human, use magic or both. I'm an exception. I don't know how much the person who spoke to me knew about it. It's possible he had no idea you'd been drugged and restrained, so he really did think you'd waltzed in and blew up a building. Governments founded on bigotry aren't big on keeping their citizens informed."