IN THEORY MUTANTS ARE CULLED TOO, AND YET CAPTOR AND I BOTH MANAGED TO SLIP THROUGH THE CRACKS. YOU

IN THEORY MUTANTS ARE CULLED TOO, AND YET CAPTOR AND I BOTH MANAGED TO SLIP THROUGH THE CRACKS. YOU ARE RIGHT–MOST DEAF PEOPLE ARE CULLED ON ALTERNIA. GIVEN HOWEVER, THAT THE LEADING CAUSES OF DEAFNESS HERE ARE INJURY AND ILLNESS, AND WE TROLLS HAVE A LAMENTABLY VIOLENT CULTURE, SUCH INSTANCES ARE COMMON ENOUGH THAT PEOPLE MANAGE TO GET AWAY.

MY DISCIPLE WAS AN ODD CASE, IN THAT WE DISCOVERED HER NOT LONG AFTER ILLNESS THAT ROBBED HER OF HER HEARING.

MORE TYPICALLY A DEAF TROLL WILL DO THEIR BEST TO CONTINUE ON WITH THEIR LIVES BEST THEY CAN AFTER FLEEING AUTHORITIES. THE LUCKIEST OF THESE FIND OTHER DEAF TROLLS WITH WHOM TO BAND TOGETHER, FORMING SMALL COMMUNITIES ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF SOME SETTLEMENTS.

IT’S AT SUCH A HIVE THAT MY FAMILY AND I FOUND OURSELVES, NOT LONG AFTER OUR NEAR FATAL ENCOUNTER WITH A THRESHCUTIONER WHEN WE WERE ABOUT SIX, THAT MEULIN AND I LEARNED HOW DEAF TROLLS COMMUNICATE TO ONE ANOTHER, IN THEIR OWN RICH LANGUAGE.

ALTERNIA IS ACTUALLY A MUCH MORE VARIABLE PLACE THAN PROPAGANDA AND HORROR STORIES MIGHT LEAD YOU TO BELIEVE. I GUESS FOR NOW THOUGH, THE FACT ITS NOT WELL KNOWN PROBABLY KEEPS US AND OUR FRIENDS SAFER–FOR NOW.