"Thank you," Anders said, with a little laugh of his own. "I've only really known elves in the Circle, but many of them were fine mages. I've no bias against them. Still doesn't mean it's a good idea for a human to go strolling through certain alienages."

Strange, how being oppressed for centuries tended to turn a race bitter.

"But it sounds like bringing Kathy to our world was interesting all around. I couldn't quite bring myself to ask if Carys was being raised Andrastian. She mentioned we'd fought about it."