It seems to be the over-achieving sort of place, when it comes to weird.

[For sure. And then Quentin is whirling to look at who's sneaked up on him (given the Cat Sidhe he hangs out with, he should be used to being sneaked up on) only to find.]

All right. Now they're messing with us on purpose.

[And apparently not just them, given that Spike, his rose goblin companion, chooses now to burst out of the brush and scurry most of the way up Quentin's leg. Spike is vaguely cat-shaped, but looks like he's made from rosebushes, especially the thorny part. The rose goblin rattles its spines in agitation.]

I think they're picking on Spike too.