So long as the walls are not as large as the buildings...!

[heavens, he hopes not - or the climbs would be interminable!

Grateful for McCoy's guidance, he carefully catalogues the information - following him through and briefly hesitating at the elevator doors]

I am... a little more prepared this time, yes. Now I have a better idea of what to expect.

[Oh, there is a handrail, that is somewhat reassuring. Linneus will just hold onto that and try not to be too enthralled by the array of buttons and lights, the swirl of questions. How does it know?!]

Is it common for everyone's dwellings to be one on top of the other like this? I'm more used to smaller buildings spaced out...