"Oh, they do. As I said, they're a handful, already, and we're trying to keep them from getting too big of egos," she says, a pointed verbal jab, though she laughs it off. "People are still uneasy around them; the elves think they're too unnatural, and the humans, the adults at least, call them creepy. The kids seem to like them, which is good. And they've been good at keeping the peace, not that there's much to keep. With word of them out, banditry is pretty much gone, and between the two of us and the elves, the Witchwood has actually become quite safe. It's still a dark, foreboding place, but it's not as dangerous as it was." "The only real criminal trouble we've had has been domestic issues, primarily, the sort of thing you don't know abut until after it's happened, like the old farmer who was nearly beaten to death, because he'd taken out a loan, and couldn't repay."<br/><br/>They continue to chat about the region, with others telling their stories of the distant planes, Avi impressing them with bits of random trivia about far-flung worlds that none but the Shadow Stalkers had been to.