"No, that would be awful," she agrees. She wants to ask if he has family or friends who might be wondering where he went, but considering he was trapped in a mine, long enough to nearly die with no one looking for him, she thinks better of it. "I considering staying here, once I realized it was an option. It's something I think about every time I come to visit."

Adia laughs quietly, a soft exhalation of air that sounds more like a sigh. "One of the first people I met here was a vampire. That was a trip. Is there magic on your home world? I don't think there's any on mine."