"Could you take me to your village?" Adrian inquired.

However, the scaled man shook his head. "No. The villagers will kill you. They despise outsiders."

"But I'm from Aethersphere, just like you. Moreover, I hail from Exasword," Adrian insisted.

"Nobodies cares if you're from Exasword or Westania. The people of my village only trust their own. To them, anyone else is a threat," the scaled man replied.

Adrian found this very peculiar. Seeing as they considered everyone else a threat, he sense