He starts walking and I follow. I've got nowhere else to be, as it is, and our conversation is actually interesting enough that I'm intrigued by him. "Fair point," I say, considering Darrow's own insanity. I haven't experienced much of it so far, but just the fact that a city kidnaps a fair amount of its population and then prevents them from leaving is fucked up in its own right.

"I'm sorry, what did you say about a nature god filling people with bee larvae? What the actual fuck?" I am actually flabbergasted. I didn't think anything else in this city could catch me by surprise, but here I am. Talking to a stranger I've just met about invading bee larvae.

"So you walked out of one city and into another," I observe, quirking an eyebrow at him.