After several deep breaths I start talking to the mage. I know what it is that need to say. I hope the words follow well enough.

Descriptive words have become easy. A discussion of deep conviction requires inner courage.

"I feel like the things I know. They are widely different from the life I see here. Of course, I have only a tiny sample of how thing are on this world.

If I were to sit down and explain it to everyone and work to make sure the entire world enjoyed that information; the history of my world shows that things that sound nice often have complicated consequences. Sometimes terrible consequences.

Even if the information would lead to decades or centuries of nice things; I fear (really fear) that there would be a problem. In some time, my name would become synonymous with a bad result. The wish of a djinn."

The mage interrupts "What is that word? I heard you say 'the wish of a bad result wish'"

I describe Djinn wishes.

Magic creatures somehow bound into a physical object. Usually very powerful as if being stuck alone somewhere provided the focus of concentration to grow stronger in magic.

The classic story is a young boy whose dad vanishes. Too young to get a job, he becomes reliant on begging.

A man offers him a job with a promise to reunite him with his father. In a far off place, the boy is directed to crawl into a small space. Demands and threats are made to the boy 'find a particular thing' in the small space.

In anger, the man reveals that the boy's father is dead. Being reunited was going happen in the boy's death. Trapped inside, the boy finds a djinn. Three wishes, if the djinn is released.

The boy accepts and wishes for freedom, food, and some other wish. The djinn is free and mocks the boy. Such silly simple wishes made to someone of such great power.

The other story is where a trapped djinn is brought to the ruler of safe, prosperous kingdom. The king wishes that the kingdom be twice as prosperous and twice as safe. The king likes the idea of being in charge of a place even more prestigious.

Instead, the djinn takes the appearance of the king and takes away the king's identity. The kingdom is prosperous as promised, but the king is a poorest beggar.

Not actually getting the benefit of the wish and actually suffering the life of the most oppressed life (suffering he had allowed under his own rule).

If I knew I actually had no secrets, I could gladly explain my ignorance. If I knew no one would suffer, I would follow your advice.

I just could not do it, not with what I see here.

The mage sits still for quite a while and then arranges himself to sleep on the blanket.

He lays his hand on the staff. He promised not to cast spells, but this is psychological comfort (not readiness to cast a spell).

No one would have given that answer. No one he has ever met. It does not fit the pattern.

Some would threaten 'threats have consequences, my memory is long'.

Some would react in sadness 'you would not really do such a thing, could you really be so awful?'

This Warrior Woman is unexpectedly alien. I do actually have a similar fear now. The people of this continent. Will they see it? Or, will they just behave like this is the usual situation?