[IC] New Crobuzon & the World Beyond

[Selina Parcellus]

The smell, coupled with Elphaba's decision to stab the land and draw blood, nearly makes Selina's stomach turn.  It wasn't the bloodletting that sickened her.  She was a priestess, first and foremost, and had seen all manner of blood and bile and wound.  In addition, she was a warrior, so she had dealt a fair number of wounds herself.  It was the idea that the land itself was living and, apparently, actively rotting.

"Ordinarily I would argue that 'Shortcuts make for long delays', but I am as insistent as you are in leaving this place and going home.  So I will not opine in such a manner."