"A wife, and three children, Florina, Llewyn, and Otta. Four if you count that we adopted Otta after she ended up with a fresh demon, who Rina named Atto. Otta's father is a Quadrene ship captain..."

Oh, Pen is going to have to explain that. "A different set of beliefs, regarding the god who, among other things, oversees demons. Quadrenes believe the Bastard -- that's the god I mentioned -- is inherently evil himself, so they don't allow sorcerers."

Best not to go into how the religion typically handles sorcerers, especially when it comes to a child.

"Even if they did, an untrained sorcerer is a danger on a ship."