The Ban Om people pretty much ignore them, obviously recognizing this is someone new to the turtle.

"The sense of peace?" Brigid asks. It's the same feeling she gets when she prays, so it doesn't bother Brigid nearly as much.

"I don't know." She shrugs. "It's always been that way." Brigid folds her hands in front of her. "Tu Vishan offers a sense of peace, I guess? Everything else is so hectic, it's nice to find a place it isn't."