"Oh, you already knew," she said, a little disappointed. "Well... did you know that around forty to fifty thousand people were executed due to accusations of witchcraft or... well, assorted Dark magic practices?" She didn’t want to say "trafficking with demons". The eavesdroppers on their quiet conversation might look at her funny, especially the girls. "Not just burning. People were hanged, beheaded, drowned, and even slowly crushed with rocks."