"You're at the end of all worlds, which one I don't know," he told him. "And I was brought here for the first time when I was fourteen, after the--my mother had died and I was homeless on the streets of the Emerald City. A woman here found me and took me in and brought me home. I was raised their as one of their own, my, er, talents taking quite well to the ways of that place and I've been there ever since."
He gave a faint crooked smile.
"It's been more than twenty years at this point," he admitted, ducking his head. "I only found my way here again recently."