"I think so. It's beautiful, anyway, if sometimes - oh, yes, you're immune to cold. Then it'll just be pretty for you, I suppose."

"We usually describe ourselves as unharmed by cold. I can still tell that cold things are cold."

"Well, is it a bad feeling?"

"No. Especially not if it's starry out. Moonlight and starlight feel beautiful and they're easier to feel in the cold."

He laughs, a little. "New Kystle has two moons. I do hope you like it."

"Oooh. I am very much looking forward to that. And new stars."

"I don't think we have many astronomers. It's possibly the ones we have will let you name a star, if you find the right person to ask."

"I don't think that will affect the quality of the light, but it'd be fun! I will contemplate what to name a star."

Adarin laughs. "Sure. I'll have to find you a lake that doesn't have a name yet, but I don't think all of them do."

"How long have you all been in New Kystle at this point?"

"Four years. Certainly not long enough to name everything on a planet."

"Not even in a narrow band around the twilight area. Okay."

"To be fair, people are also clustering around certain places, and then not moving from them, so the places they're not at get ignored."

"Makes sense, it's useful to be around people and specialize your labor."

"Also, safer. Plus, I've been trying to get a portal system set up, so people cluster around those."

"Reasonable of them!"

"Very! It's nice when they're reasonable."

"Are they often otherwise? I think you mentioned trash in the streets..."

"I mean, sometimes they're unreasonable, but usually it's pretty straight forward. I was just thinking of the people I have to deal with most often, and... Eeeugh. If they didn't have magic I have no doubt they would be completely useless. Some of them manage to be completely useless to the world even with magic, and I'm not even sure how they pull that off."

"What's wrong with this population, that they manage to be so thoroughly unhelpful?"

"Being use to general decadence and expecting nothing less even now, even after barely getting out alive. A large number of them are used to getting their way, and don't have moral issues with trying to get what they want now. Thus, why I have to check my food and drink for drugs regularly," he says, a little bitterly.

Isabella shudders. "Right, I'm going to look up general protecting-mortals protocols and see if I can get you something about that. Protective tattoo, probably."