out there

There was no rule that Mediators couldn't leave the city, but if Al had been anyone other than Elma's pet project, he had a feeling he'd be collecting cats and conducting doggy daycare, if not triaging delivery of pizzas, for the rest of NLA's trial period.

However, being so lucky as to be special, they could wander anywhere they - and L - liked.

Nopon caravans, very often. On occasion, the top of the Elephant's Trunk. Once, the Kintrees, where they explored the ideas of promises, connections, and what the world had to tell humanity, via its very odd, very dashing ambassadors.