Di willed herself to calm down and nodded, grateful for Orion's sympathy.

"It's why you see more trolls on this world than you might expect. Better to be a complete outsider on a strange world than live back there. Earth has fended off two of her invasion attempts, so it's one of the few places a troll can hope to live a life of peace."

And that was as good a story as any if Orion wanted to run with it for his avatar.