“Ah. Fell into their lap, then.” Still bad for him, obviously, but maybe better for everyone else here. “Unfortunate.”

Chloe shakes her head with a fond smile. “I really didn't think the djinn were real - the water in the city had hallucinogenic properties, he knew that! - but after seeing that ghost fire, I don't know.”

Maybe there could be nearly invincible guards with burning skulls in a world like this.

“Marco Polo, actually. Had to read a bunch of his journals for work a few years ago.” He’d have been a better friend if he’d been better at identifying gemstones, that's for sure.