"So far nobody's said anything about any kind of city or territory," Nian points out. She promptly corrects this error by offering: "I'm from Yan. Which is an empire on Terra. I guess that's not anywhere you've heard of, either." If he hasn't heard of originium, he probably doesn't know Yan.

She flicks her tail thoughtfully. "And you say monsters are a part of normal conversation for you? What counts as a monster?" Do dragon-tailed ladies who are part of a dead god count as monsters, she wonders?