[Arched eyebrows raise slowly, and for a moment Valerius seems perplexed]

You refer to the ugly looks and unpleasant behavior of the locals…? Hm, I’ve definitely felt a sense of...not belonging, though I felt that way when I first discovered how my ma--rather, certain things have changed.

[Not that he minds now. He’s slowly come to terms with his losses and what they were traded for.]