[definitely very different worlds, if ravens and horseback are the most 'modern' means of communicating with others as a distant. maybe it makes the culture shock significantly easier for him, being in abraxas.]

Ravens are pretty smart, but I can't imagine how long it'd take to train them to deliver letters.

[the path starts descending a bit, so wanda pulls back and grabs hold of clover's reins to give herself something to brace against; the grass is still wet from some recent rains, and she'd hate to slip.]

We have devices we can use to call people and talk to them no matter how far away they are. It took a long time to build that kind of system, though. [now that she wants to explain it, she finds that it's quite a bit complicated.] How many kingdoms are there?

[in his world, that is.]

I figure Winterfell is one. Right?