"I haven't," Klaus said quite bluntly, but there was a ghost of a smile creeping into his expression. "But I quite disagree about it not mattering what you say about your world. Such things are important."

He stepped back from the ledge, satisfied about whatever he'd surveyed, and made noted in a little book.

"My apologies. You're a new arrival. If you need a place to stay, Mr Shudder's lodgings are quite accommodating."