[That's... an odd point to fixate on. She gives him a long, considering look. Why did Free Cities keep bringing in so many summoned? Maybe they were getting better at it; maybe they were trying to find something, someone specific.]
I'm not a biologist. [This said flat, she doesn't know the details, and certainly couldn't give you anything so scientific as a species-name.] Most people it killed outright, but some people it changed. But not the Summoned; it did make us sick— but we recovered, some faster than others.
[She's watching him, sharp, for every word's reaction. What do you know, buddy? You're too new to be tied up in some local intrigue, so you have to be coming at this from your own native angle.]
It all happened on an island, long ways north. It's contained. Why?
she's very good at dialogue trees, you see.
I'm not a biologist. [This said flat, she doesn't know the details, and certainly couldn't give you anything so scientific as a species-name.] Most people it killed outright, but some people it changed. But not the Summoned; it did make us sick— but we recovered, some faster than others.
[She's watching him, sharp, for every word's reaction. What do you know, buddy? You're too new to be tied up in some local intrigue, so you have to be coming at this from your own native angle.]
It all happened on an island, long ways north. It's contained. Why?