The shittiest part is that even these same words, coming from Sara or Kana, would be about a hundred times better. From this asshole they're just grating and depressing. Zephyr clambers out of the ditch and aggressively shoves his hands into his pockets.

"Depends on the company," he says finally. "A bunch of really shitty things can get tolerable if you've got the right company."

Oh, he definitely shouldn't have said that. Zephyr presses on.

"I'm at least half wandering, anyway," he says, eying Devin. "Got an idea of where in the city I want to be, mostly, but I want to see what the neighborhoods are like. Apartment-hunting, y'know?"