"Mm. I would say a general fear really. It would make sense for magic given the dangers behind it and what can come of abuse. However I've not yet learned the reason behind the Elves when it seems Dwarves do not necessarily have similar abuses in their history?"

Obviously he'd been looking into this. Asking questions, reading books. Before just forming an opinion he'd really been studying matters. Everything about him suggested he should rush to judgement but the reality was hardly that at all. He put careful thought into things, really thinking it through before proceeding. True those thoughts flew his mind faster compared to others but that didn't change the facts.

"So I would say a solid enough reason is simply fear."