Palamedes hums in agreement, watching as the house comes into view. By his own reckoning it’s enormous—but then, most things in Darrow are. He thinks this house might be bigger even than some of the homes further away from the center of town that he has sometimes passed. Still used to thinking on the scale of a crowded space station, he just stares for a long moment.

It’s filled with history, too. Even from the drive, Palamedes can detect the swirls of thalergy and thanergy of the lives that have passed through it. His instincts had been right. This will make for an excellent demonstration.

As he gets out of the car he says, “And this just…appeared one day? Must have been quite a surprise to the local wildlife.”