"I don't know what 'Avvar' means." The mere concept of different nations and tribes is a bit foreign to Diwaniya, coming as he does from a world where the rulers like to pretend nobody exists outside of them.

"I suppose there are people who wouldn't need to bother. Farmers, and...herb-gatherers, and the like." It's the first profession that comes to mind; the entire economy of his home island had depended on the herb trade.