"Perhaps. They never told me much and I wasn't allowed to ask. I never heard anything about an Albatou who'd been executed."

His face twitches and he looks away. Even now, even here, the threat of the punishments for being too curious loomed over him.

He changes the subject, latching on to what seems to be a common thread between their worlds.

"So, how did your Sorcerers work out they could do that to babes in the womb?"