Snippet #2384416

Idris took the man's hand and shook it, her face still coloring at having been found out so quickly.

"My name is Idris. I've just moved into town, all my life I have lived on a little homestead hidden out in the woods. My mom and dad are great, they taught me...." She glanced around to make sure no one was listening "magic. Just basic stuff, but using it became part of our daily life, as natural as breathing. I had a good life. A safe life, you know. But....I got lonely. I had to beg for many years for them to let me come here, they were afraid that I would be persecuted for my...skills. They made me promise to keep it hidden, but apparently I'm rubbish at that." She laughed nervously. "I've moved into a little house in the New Quarter. We have heard rumors that there are lots of us living there, but you are the first that I have met."