"...ah," she noted, not really following MOST of that but hey, she could try? "It seems your world has a fare greater number of people than the Dales did, even before the war killed many of us."

"The abbey aided as we were able, we were a place of peace and of aid when others may be persecuted or ill, but there was no great outreach, nor was I able to stay. I was chased forth."