Marc nodded because he got it. "Needle's got to move pretty far before it's out of the norm weird for me. Not saying this island works like things back home. But one of the last things I did before we moved here was meet a nine foot tall talking hippo so, yanno."

Marc made a gesture of invitation for Arden to let that speak for itself.

"Most people here are pretty nice though," Marc said. "They're good to Steven. That goes far with me."