“All species are affected. Dragons are simply so powerful that, to you, they seem unaffected. But in their magic-rich native world, their powers are even greater. The shifter world is also full of magic—you know that shifters were originally humans taken from your world for an experiment?”
“I’ve heard that.”
“Over time, they evolved and became a stronger race, one infused with magic. But their world has a lot of chaotic magic, so it is also unpopular with most of the races. The three elven worlds—” she touched her chest again, “—have a large amount of even and predictable magic, which makes them very desirable. Our people have had to grow strong in the ways of using magic to keep other species from conquering it—and us.”
Pariah would find this fascinating, but I struggled not to grab Si
