Kitty's response, though, is a simple shake of her head. "I wouldn't say anything one way or the other," she says. "I don't know anything of your world. But I'd like to learn."

Though - that hadn't been sufficient for Petrana before, had it? So before she can get denied again, Kitty offers a little bit more. Something to maybe loosen the woman's tongue a touch. "My world - we always go through cycles of violence. The magicians oppress the commoners, then the commoners rise up and kill the magicians and burn their books, and then the magicians rise again. Just always violence and suffering, driven by - well - by ignorance, I expect. So. All of this is something I want to understand better."