"You might say that," she said, snickering and shrugging. "This place does tend to breed a certain sort of unusual behavior and role model does it not? It certainly isn't a bad thing. Have to think on your toes to survive."

She actually fell to laughing. "Oh gods. So... there was a man here in this place, before you arrived in the nightmare. He used to complain that his assistant wasn't around, and that he never knew when he'd actually show up, because they had an arrangement where he would surprise attack him almost every day to keep his reflexes sharp. Somehow? That almost feels normal."