‘Because outsiders cannot set foot in Seiiki on pain of death. And the Seiikinese, in turn, cannot leave.’ Niclays hooked the kettle over the hearth. ‘They let us stay here so they can trade with us and absorb odds and ends of Mentish knowledge, and so we can give the Warlord at least a hazy impression of the other side of the Abyss, but we cannot go beyond Orisima or speak heresy to the Seiikinese.’
Worldbuilding
