"You might be surprised," Vex says, tucking her chin. Her smile doesn't waver. "Khoriya is one of the few people here who isn't human, though his world isn't exactly like ours. He's a sort of... well, he's a wolf man. They call themselves worgs but not quite what she'd consider as much."

On the other hand, elves in his world aren't exactly like elves in their own. Still, the concept is far from unprecedented. Really he wouldn't have attracted that much attention if he'd shown up in a tavern in Emon.

"He is, in fact, quite furry."