Do you not have those? Wow. Uh if we swear to do a thing then we do that thing, or if we swear something's true then it is - or, like, we think it is anyway, you can't find out stuff you don't know like that.

"That sounds like it would explain a lot. What have you sworn to do?"

I dunno. Not the same thing, like, I couldn't swear to be an orc.

"You don't know?"

(Her guide is working through the possible implications of this and, as usual, is terrified of all of them.)

Yeah they had to torture the oaths out of me and I get really spacey when I'm being tortured so I dunno.

The guide is kind of wondering if maybe it's not safe to have her free. Maybe some magically-enforced slavery would help this situation.

"Do you think it's likely that you'd be forced to pose any danger to anyone here or break any of our laws?" asks the cat.

No. - well I haven't read the laws yet but I don't know what I swore so it doesn't work regardless.

"It only works if you know? And you couldn't deduce what it would have been from what you were expected to do?"

Yeah it doesn't work if you don't know the language I think for the same reason. And I'm the only orf around so I don't know what they have orfs swear.

"...If any of the possibilities would be tremendously inconvenient if you remembered them, a command mage might be able to prevent you from being forced to carry them out, but it's up to you. I'd like to hear more about your world's magic."

It works by singing! Also there's a way to make magic stuff out of metal but I don't know how to do that one.

"How do you do magic by singing?"

...you sing a magical song? I can compose them too but that takes a long time.

"Can anyone sing a magical song or only certain people?"

You have to be good at singing.

"What do the magical songs you know do?"

I know one that makes me look like an orc, and one to put the baby to sleep, and a healing song, and one for walking on water and one for running through treebranches.

"Tell me about the healing song."

Elves wrote it, I think? It doesn't work on scars, that's why I have art to pretty those up instead.

"What does it work on?"

...things that need healing? Just like, not well enough that you don't get scars.

"Injuries? Infections? Organ failure? Hunger?"

I don't think it helps with hunger.

"If it helps with all the other things, I'll mention you to the right people and they'll have a job for you. Some of the local diseases are hard to fix with our magic."

I don't know if it'll work well but I can try it. Or write a new song maybe.