"Ahh..." [He's cautiously optimistic about mages. Hopefully this one isn't the devil-worshipping variety.] "Well, you have my thanks for that. I dabble in that myself, so that could be it. Then again, many aren't bounty hunters at all, so perhaps not...

Darn, sounds like you've been all over the world too as I have. If only we could find a homebody and could narrow it down that way.

Haha, forty? Do people die so young in your world? You look like a man, even with the long hair. You must still have a good thirty years in you. Unless...does sorcery tax the body unduly?"