"Well, nu, all right," Anzu says, grinning. He picks up the card, decides that the strangest question — the one about fighting — might not be particularly interesting, at least as far as his answer's concerned.

"I suppose even if one hails from the desert, rain is a near-universal experience at some point," he says, after a moment's consideration. "So, nu. What dost thou prefer to do when thou'rt stuck at home? If not because of rain, then because of some other calamity outside."