"Oh, I've heard about that," she says with a nod. Perhaps it was at a mage council meeting, back when she was still a councilor. But mage politics, it turns out, just aren't her thing.

"Yes, I know. There are a lot of preconceived notions on both sides. I've always disliked those. How would anyone ever get to know anyone else if they think they know what they're like from the start, without ever even talking to them?"