It is difficult at times to escape one's old baggage in this place. shades of our past have a way of popping up, though they are oftentimes only that. Shades. I give you that as a fair warning.

[She took a seat and sighed, waiting on the server while he asked what was probably the more important question at the moment.]

Monsters and terrors lurk in its shadows and fringes on the best of days. Nightmares walk among us on the worst. You've come at a rare time of relative peace and quiet, but it will not last forever. October will be ... difficult I think for those who have freshly arrived.