"You're in the Healers' Guild, in the city of Keeliai," Raine explains, drawing up a chair from nearby. She doesn't so much sit in it as perches, one leg tucked up underneath her. "Let me reiterate that you're safe here, and no one will harm you without coming through me, first. This is a different world from the one you're used to. May I assume you're from an Earth?"

It was often a safe enough bet, these days, and people from Earth seemed the most likely to have a disagreement with magic.