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Oh my. That is quite something. How did you You may well laugh at me for this, but I don't mind a bit, because it's too much of a curiosity, but did you find a special magical plant which grew beneath the sea? Is that what gave you your long life?
Very much so, although the Italians weren't the right sort of people for what I was looking for. I'm interested in ancient magical artefacts. Charmed objects, curses inscribed in stone, that sort of thing. From the civilisations that had powerful codified magic systems while wizards in my homeland were still in huts, as you say.
Do you fear their power? I don't take those calling themselves gods and angels at their word. They are very powerful beings, it's true, but anyone with sufficient magic can claim divinity in the presence of those with less. I don't fear the rulers of Preya. I should like to know what benefit they derive from this arrangement, though. There must be some.