"I've no doubt," she replied. "But I'm glad that you don't have to face things like these often." Even if there were people in his world like the queen of Alexandria, who'd started a war out of pure greed, there was the possibility he wouldn't have to face that sort of thing. Monsters were more predictable, but they were a constant threat for the people of Gaia.

"Travel must be much easier for your world," she commented, trying to change the subject. "Have you been many places?"