"Yeah, something like that," I say quietly, because it's not an easy topic to talk about. I still think that werewolves and vampires are dangerous, I still don't want them living anywhere near me even if legally I know that I can't do anything about it. Maybe that makes me not a perfect candidate to join the council of the city — but maybe it's also still okay because there are multiple people on the council, so it's not like I get to make every single decision alone.

Which is just unfortunate, really.

"I wanted to avoid living in the apartments at first," I go on, because this is a much easier topic than the one before. "I said there was no way that I would move into some property that the city provides to me for free? What kind of sucker am I? Nothing in this world comes free. I'm sure that there is some reason why we all get dropped in one of a few buildings and — I did my research on tenant history, one of the buildings wasn't included for new arrival housing until later, so I'm sure that they needed to expand. But, I don't know. It's too weird. I only live there because I figure that no matter where I sleep, I'm probably still part of some big experiment and they can probably still tell where I'm going. They're like the American government in that way."