Haha, thanks. [ Both for the compliment and about getting back safe. ]

Relieved to see us. I think if there weren't bigger problems to deal with back then, they would've wanted to give a nicer welcome. The mayor made some tea for us while we were discussing things, and the villagers set aside their community centre for us. And...

[ He thinks about how, for example, in the Central marketplace, some people aren't particularly bothered when they drop by to shop, but then they are people who are, even if they don't say anything. They look at them differently and treat them a little colder. ]

I never got the sense they were afraid of us or magic at all.