I... would agree with that, actually. I think most would find the Pale far more threatening than anything we've seen here, as of yet. This is just a city. A well-off city, at that.

[ He gestures around them, at the bustling metropolis, stores kept safely in business, booming industries of commerce and hospitality, entertainment and luxury and vice. He's never seen anything like it before. Revachol has plenty of vice to her name, back-alley drug deals and grimy bars and exotic dancers readily available for anyone who wishes to indulge, but it's not nearly this glamorous. ]

Several I've spoken to have voiced the same thing: that this place is nicer than their homes. I suppose that comes with co-existing with your would-be tormenters, yes? They hardly want to live in poor conditions to make us suffer.