Once before. I was welcomed as a guest to a city when we desperately needed it... unfortunately, I was naive enough and stubborn to look at it as some refreshing change of pace. ... It was a ruse to try and steal my dragons.

[ It feels so long ago, but – there was something fresher on her mind. Something Percy knew as well. ]

I suppose I wonder how often we will run into cities so different from our own and be presented with challenge. Aefenglom, Dorchacht... It has been almost a year and I still feel as an outsider.