Alphonsine finally spoke after Daphne and I had our little conversation. "It was many centuries ago when we were driven out of our home. We tried to hold on as much as possible, but the human mages weren’t too keen on us. Eventually it came to blows and in order to save the young ones, we had to flee back to the homeland." She paused to take a deep breath. "From our records, we waited for your return. Waited for you to show the humans that those were our lands."