[ once more varian finds himself listening with rapt attention to his skeletal partner. he's curious, yes, but there's something about the way fane speaks that makes him want to pay closer attention so as to not miss any detail. still, the summary of it is... ]

Sounds a bit like how Corona deals with its problems.

[ it's reflexive and bitter, and unlike fane, varian doesn't expand on it, simply laughing himself off awkwardly and concentrating on the world theory ]

Yes, they-- they seem to have moved people from different worlds into this place. It's what this place is exactly that's escaping me. That village-- you noticed it too, right? It was... wrong. The people were. They seemed almost brainwashed?