" Kathy chuckled at that." Kathy chuckled at that. "But you're pretty easy. I can already empath a lot off of you." "Is that good or bad?" "I think it's good. It means that if you want, you'll be able to learn BackWater magic." "Is that any good in the outside world?" she asked. "Not very likely. Oh, and I should also tell you this. I know you're an immigrant, one of the few, in fact, that made it through the Hall without change. That makes you almost as rare as I am. But you went from being a 20'th century Terran to a second-century Pendorian, where the technology is by far and away superior. Around here, though, we're back to second-century Earth again, only with swords, castles, wizards and princesses." "Where am I?" "You're almost dead center of the sector. About forty miles to the north is the city of Kendre. If we traveled south for a couple of months you'd reach the Vassalo mountains, on the other side of which is the Tangent Arcology. |