No, nothing like that. It's just a city on an bay.

( also, that's ridiculous. even within a city, there are different areas, cultures, languages. you can't have a single city on a global scale and expect it to be the same across all boards. humans don't work like that.

then again, he supposes it's possible they aren't human. by his or any other standard. to the second half of her statement, he sort of rolls his eyes. )

Everything you told me was of your own free will. I don't owe you any reciprocity. Especially where my cases are concerned. If my boss ever shows up and finds out I was discussing my caseload, she'd suspend me on the spot. Without pay. No thanks.

( he'd risk his physical butt for a stranger, sure. but not his livelihood, and not over something that's hardly integral to her survival. )