:The arrival of any given mortal is no cause for fanfare, or even particular notice...provided, of course, that the mortal in question is not Iman Asadi or one of her retinue. In the old days, Nhodd would hardly have replied to such a taunt at all. Now he responds as though he were little more than a mudman himself.:

"I have no fear of magic," Rashad sneers, incensed by the voice's accusation...but unable to prevent himself from fulfilling it. "And that name was not spoken."