The following day, after a short breakfast, Bruno and Lithir were conducted by Karl on a tour of the mines. As they walked, Dwarves nodded politely at Bruno and Karl but ignored Lithir as if he were not even there.
"Is it anything in particular that I did, or is the hatred of my race so ingrained in your people?" asked Lithir.
No, only the priests hate," replied Karl. "Others simply mistrust. But Jurgen issued a decree that any Dwarf that speaks to you, or much less aids you, will be excommunicated, no longer allowed at any of our religious rites, and f*******n any new teachings of Parsifal."
"Charming, I suppose I must get used to such treatment."
"Not at all. Legally Jurgen cannot speak for the head of his order, and if he irritates Tillo enough, Tillo will expel him from the mines,
