"Don't look so surprised. Context makes all the difference. To someone with no prejudice against your kind, you're just a pretty botanical color. To someone with no fear of Jotnar, I'm just the color of the sky. That's what people often mean when they say if someone hates you because of your heritage it's their problem. In a way, it is--it has to do with what's in their head, not what's real. It's just that it also immediately becomes your problem when they get nasty with you."
"It definitely takes some getting used to, this place. Within the more populated areas it's physically very safe. There's a kind of magic that inhibits violence, and it's not always foolproof but it's reliable enough that most people don't even bother picking fights. Every now and again there's a crisis of some sort, but I wouldn't be raising my children here if I thought it was less safe than the world they came from."
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Date: 2023-04-05 12:47 pm (UTC)"It definitely takes some getting used to, this place. Within the more populated areas it's physically very safe. There's a kind of magic that inhibits violence, and it's not always foolproof but it's reliable enough that most people don't even bother picking fights. Every now and again there's a crisis of some sort, but I wouldn't be raising my children here if I thought it was less safe than the world they came from."