"There's rules about drinking where you come from?" He arches an eyebrow at that, looking surprised. What a weird thing to have laws about. Not even his world is quite that strict. Or maybe it's just strict about very different things. "Weird."

"Well. There's less snow, for one." He chuckles as he takes a drink of his ale again, taking a moment to think that over. "Not that I'm sure living in a desert is actually better, but the beach at Aquila is nice, at least. We're not actively at war with anyone, despite tensions sometimes hinting otherwise. And their views on magic here are... very different from what I'm used to. In a good way. It's also available to more people, maybe that's why."