[ He considers the question. Kahlil had spent his first month or so here implying to people that he'd been from Nayeshi. Earth. It isn't a lie, at least now he knows that - he had been in Nayeshi for many, many years.

But Kell means the place his powers come from. Basawar. ]

It's... been through upheaval for many years now. Magic isn't common there. Most of the teachings have been lost or destroyed. [ A pause. ] There's much, much less of everything there, compared to places like Abraxas.

[ He doesn't know how to describe it to someone else, a world where even the air feels thinner, where animals considered pets in other worlds are a main source of food because most larger farm animals are near extinct. ]