"Water," he shrugs. "City's on an island--not that it takes up the whole thing coast to coast. There's woods on the outskirts, some caverns, a bridge we can't cross."

And so far as what's beyond the water goes, "Natives are scared of the beach. They won't talk 'bout why, but a year or so ago, a bunch of LIERs got together on a ship. I dunno how they got it, but they had some pirate captain leading 'em, and they sailed out, tried to see if they could escape that way. It...didn't go so good." This, to judge by his tone, is something of an understatement.