"Er.... they're people who are small." He's not really sure how to explain it better than that, at least without being offensive. "Even as adults, they're never much taller than you."

At the explanation, he studies the moving pictures. There's even sound! Wild, what they're doing with illusions these days. But that is... definitely the circus. Definitely the people who raised him from nothing to what he is now, who he had to leave behind. This sucks. He welcomes the reprieve.

Looking away, he nods. "So what's Tonosaman?"