"There's so much here that I've never encountered before. Magic, devices that can record what you say and translate it to words, ways of keeping food warm for hours at a time. That's just three things, and there's so many more. Compared to where I came from...it's the difference between a book about quiet, everyday people and a book about people going on a grand adventure to fulfill some prophecy."

She shrugs her shoulders. It's easier, she thinks, to tell people that it was quiet, boring. Easier than showing anything else.