[Gilbert hesitates for a moment, trying to think how to describe it. He decides to leave the food for the moment and just lowers himself to sit on the blanket, reaching absently into a pocket as he considers.]
In some ways it isn't too different from here, but in others it's very much so. About a hundred years ago there was a... disaster, that destroyed the capital, and it changed a lot of things. Some things are still changing.
[He fishes out his cigarettes and starts to tap one free, then pauses to glance a silent question at Richard.]
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[Gilbert hesitates for a moment, trying to think how to describe it. He decides to leave the food for the moment and just lowers himself to sit on the blanket, reaching absently into a pocket as he considers.]
In some ways it isn't too different from here, but in others it's very much so. About a hundred years ago there was a... disaster, that destroyed the capital, and it changed a lot of things. Some things are still changing.
[He fishes out his cigarettes and starts to tap one free, then pauses to glance a silent question at Richard.]