"Probably some Darrow nonsense," Rosie says, unable to keep herself from rolling her eyes. Though she's almost certain she'd be all the more suspicious if the city ever stopped doing the strange things it does, that doesn't at all mean she approves of them. "Make Jamie and me and all the rest of us think we're the only ones here, make you think you've been kidnapped by pirates. Make Eddie old and think he's been kidnapped by pirates, which...he's really an old man now? Goodness."

The longer she talks, the more further afield she's getting; she dismisses it all with a wave of her hand. "Whatever the reason, it's done now, and we're all together. Or mostly together. And everyone's...I think everyone's fine, we had to run away from the tree because Peter tried to attack Jamie, but we're all as safe as I suppose we can be."