"A fair point," Faust conceded, straightening and continuing at their former pace. "And I do. What could be worse than conceding that we live in a world without magic, where there is nothing but the mundane?"

His eyes flicked briefly over his companion. There was something odd about her, but it was overshadowed by the much more visceral wrongness of the place, making her oddities almost insignificant. "You said you came here of your own volition."