Already Gabranth suspects, based on this man's words and what he's learned on his own so far, that the "Foreigners" of this world are not unlike the shardbearers of the Drabwurld. Of course, whether he possesses similar power here remains to be seen.

"I have, aye," he says with a careful nod, before he realizes he ought to specify. "Visited the Welcome Center, but I've yet to find permanent lodging. I have little income to spare at present."