“ Now if you shout again, we could both get caught. Neither of us want that. So when I remove my hands, no shouting.” Keysha nodded in agreement and Michiko removed her hands.“ They said magic users caused the death of king Eric’s father. They conspired with the dragons. They call you dangerous, deadly. They execute mages on site because of what a danger they are to society.”

Keysha wabbled back to her feet, still in the middle of her existential crisis.“ B-but you didn’t try to kill me a-and you took me out of that camp a-and, why do my knees bend weirdly?” Keysha babbled, bending her right leg back and forth. Michiko thought about the information that was just verbally barfed to her.“ Let’s start over.” Michiko interrupted, which put an end to Keysha’s mumbling. 

“ I-I’ve never met a magic user before. I’m sorry I freaked out, that I’m still freaking out. Why did you pull me out of that camp?”

“ Like I said before, I just want answers. Where I’m from, magic users are not killed simply for practicing what they’re good at. All races are welcome in most parts of the… area.” Keysha’s eyes filled with curiosity and sadness. “ Well it’s not like that here. Because of what happened at Alexandria, magic was outlawed. I don’t know much about anything. I know that people believe that people that weren’t elven helped in the attack that happened.”

“And I guess because of that the laws just followed. We were put into those outcast camps or sent off to work in a foreign place. That’s really all I know.” Keysha spoke with a solemn tone in her voice. What had these people been through? All of these people, not just those who were not of elven heritage. What exactly happened in Alexandria, as Keysha called it. 

“ But I know where we can get some information.” Keysha’s words broke Michiko’s train of thought.“Really? Where would we find this information?” Michiko questioned and watched Keysha wobble over to the corner of the building that hid them. Then she pointed to a very large building.