Raine made a sound under her breath-- a quiet, neutral sort of a sound. Thinking. "The Midnight Hotel came with Anton," she said, filling in context. "My theory is that he put so much of himself into crafting it that his soul is somewhat entangled with it-- unless the building itself has a soul, but that's slightly less likely." She'd genuinely considered the possibility, however. "But I don't think you're wrong, either. Many of us have been here long enough to simply be folded into the city like any other."

Not that it didn't still bemuse her, sometimes, when kedan she saw every day greeted her like they were friendly, but it was less and less strange as time went on.

"An old friend?"