"Ninja? Don't see many of those around anymore. What, did your clan raise you to be an emotionless killer or something?" Evangeline asked like that it was the most natural idea in the world. Her voice had softened slightly- not out of pity at the history she'd concocted for him, but simply because he'd given her something to talk about.

Ninja were... kind of quaint, in her view. Effective, to be sure, but the inner arts just weren't as useful as magic. They did less, and individuals capable of achieving meaningful levels of power were rarer.