"Good to meet you," Billy says. "Here, this way." He motions toward an alley to the left, ducking down that way and then settling when the water's shallow enough that it's only at his calves.

"Are you new?" Billy asks. "They seem to have a lot of new people doing the deliveries, so I figured I'd ask. If so ... welcome to the weirdest place in MOST of the worlds? I'd say it gets better but I'd be lying. It does get DRIER though."