"No, it was interesting," Luke says with a smile. "It's very different than the magic in my world, but there are a lot of similarities, too. She told me about the war and it... well, it sounds very much like something someone in my world tried to do once. Wipe out all Downworlders. Purge the world of our tainted blood."

He doesn't mention that the man responsible for that had been his best friend, his brother in arms, the one person in the world Luke had held most dear. And he doesn't mention that he'd once stood by Valentine's side, certain his criticisms of the Clave had held value.

Luke had been very wrong and he had paid for his ignorance.