
“There was a good half-inch of snow outside on the Citadel cobblestones, what passes for unprecedented blizzard conditions in this sub-tropical part of the world, I just hoped some of the young ladies in the night spot had bought a good warm vest to go home in. A half-inch of snow in this part of the world being enough to cause the news scrolls to go into fits of excitement, and the more fashion conscious and less compassionate to go skin a member of an endangered species.
Back home in New Iron Town it wouldn’t have been enough to put off courting couples from pursuing the courting activities that really demand open air.”