[he says this offhandedly, but it's a very important point. he's been here for months, thinking more with each passing day that his time in the Drift Fleet and in Court and on Nor and in the Tower were all a long, distant dream.]
But Skeleton City is my home town, more or less, so I'm never away for very long. It's not much to look at from the bottom... [he laughs a little, almost apologetic.] But I think you'll like the higher levels.
[at the top of the stairs, the two of them reach a doorway that opens up into another tunnel. Robin leads them along again--and at least he seems very sure of where he's going.]
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[he says this offhandedly, but it's a very important point. he's been here for months, thinking more with each passing day that his time in the Drift Fleet and in Court and on Nor and in the Tower were all a long, distant dream.]
But Skeleton City is my home town, more or less, so I'm never away for very long. It's not much to look at from the bottom... [he laughs a little, almost apologetic.] But I think you'll like the higher levels.
[at the top of the stairs, the two of them reach a doorway that opens up into another tunnel. Robin leads them along again--and at least he seems very sure of where he's going.]