"It's easy to tell if someone is a witch in my world. They set you on fire first." He squinted down his blade and wiped congealed blood from the inscription with small, circling motions of the rag.

"It's difficult for me to imagine a world without anything like that. I'm not sure if it sounds easier or harder to me. I suppose everything has a trade off." It felt good to have a bit of a break from the horrors outside, something to take his mind off of the events of the night thus far.