"No, I do. I frighten animals if I get too close," Corwin says, shaking his head. He knows this about himself. It is his greatest sorrow. "When we get to the enclosure, I'll show you. They'll all start getting upset, and I'll have to back away again. I do it to people, too. I'm sure you've noticed."

If they weren't here in the Market, he might not have said that aloud, but it's safer here. Very few people here are completely normal, and he's fairly sure Ryoji isn't one of those very few.