"The last encounter I had with one involved her sweeping in on myself and a dear friend who'd been poisoned, offering to cure him if we'd serve her purposes. That was less than a week ago. And now this, a group of mages from a whole other world plucking me from Karthain to...probably, to serve their purposes. They don't view the rest of us as people. We're pawns to them at best, dumb animals otherwise."

He's simmering with a strong temper, face wrinkling as he spits out the words.