"Oh! But that sounds quite a bit like my world, only centuries ago. Walled cities, military knights, merchant guilds! If not for the monsters, I'd say you were describing the Dark Ages." Thomas sat back in his chair, feeling that this is very exciting information. "Terca Lumireis... I have never heard of it." He shakes his head in wonder.

"I don't suppose..." He leans forward a bit, idly turning his lemonade bottle on its base. "Please excuse me if this offends -- it would in my world but I'm finding increasingly that mine is the exception -- but I don't suppose that you have... magic in your world?"