"Well." He pauses, but it's not a pause born from discomfort or uncertainly, merely one taken to find the words to explain. "A few years before I left that town, someone began creating and distributing fake gold to the people. Anyone not involved didn't realize they were fake... and one day, the commoners used that gold to 'buy' the town from the nobles. Since then, those who had the power were the commoners who had the money. Even the town's so-called police were their side.

"... It was quiet but lively there. People came and went, and nobody was starving. Still, Lotto Valentino... was a very corrupted town."