"It seems like most people here do," Darlington says, hitting the button to unlock the doors as they approach the car. "Whether that's a result of the majority of people coming to Darrow from places where it's habitual to have learned how to drive, or that the nature of the city and its surroundings sort of...invite the idea of learning for those that don't, I can't say. Most likely, it's both."

He goes around to the driver's side, nodding Palamedes over to the passenger door. "Given that Alex and I live out in the countryside now, it's useful to have the car, but when we were still in the city proper I mostly took the bus. Or walked."