"That sounds like how my world might operate, if things like that were a thing. For all I know, that might even be the case. There isn't a lot that our own government tells us in the long run, and a lot of what we could know is sacrificed for comfort a lot of the time. I think you're right about people having more resilience from darker worlds though. I've always thought that was why a lot of us are here."

Luz nodded. She could definitely agree with that. They still had to be wary about a lot of things.

And now they were pulled into some kind of inn, where it looked like it could be something right out of a horror story.

"Only if they sing a rousing ale song and can carry a tune," Luz replied, giving him a totally-approving-of-this-place look.