[He shrugs one shoulder at that as if to say 'beats me'.] Not revered, so much, but generally they are treated as well as anyone else. I do not understand it either. The word simply does not have the same connotations here as it does elsewhere. [You can usually tell if someone's calling you a monster to be an insult, at least. And he's had an incident before, but that, he figures, is more because he is a Chimera rather than because he is a Monster.]

Good. [He nods when he says he's fine.] Witches are connected to this world's magic. It is the closest thing they have to cultivation, being able to cast these spells. They keep their forms, however.