It wasn't frequent, but starvation and death wasn't uncommon in Daja's world. Every city housed people like the poor, in the slums and the lower parts of town. For her world, that was just the way things were.

"An orphanage? No, it is a temple of the Living Circle religion. Some of the children are sent to live there because they have no family to care for them, yes, but many go to Winding Circle to receive an education, particularly in magic. That's why I was, although at the time I didn't know I had magic at all."