"There's got to be something around here, so I doubt you'll be disarmed for long." After all, what kind of place didn't have weapons? Not to mention that just about anything could be used as one, if you had the right idea. "And so far, I think everyone else who isn't from around here is in the same boat. People seem confused, if they're not the ones doing the avoiding."

Which was just as well. Astrid was pretty confident in her abilities, but allies were never something to turn down.