"It must be. Unfortunately, I'm neither rich enough or have a high enough social standing to walk into a private library and see for myself." He looks understandably sulky about this and broods behind his drink while Adia talks. "You would think that by now we would have learned to stop fact becoming myth. Humans as a whole, I mean."

He gives a vague grunt, thinking before speaking. "If they wanted to be like you then you might be able to rest on equal ground. It's hard to tell what they want with things being the way you describe them."