Pretty much. Remember how I said the locals sort of hate us? They got pretty used to not having us around for that year when we were in the Dreaming, and they're not too happy to have us back.

[No two ways about it: it's a raw deal.]

Most of them aren't so bad, except that they overcharge you for everything and they're sometimes rude. But unless you're itching for a fight, you don't want to cross them. Especially not anybody with the Snake insignia.