"Maybe not the entire culture, then," Trance said while reaching over to look at one of the books in the marked pile. Just to thumb through it idly before picking up any actual details. She knew more than enough about coming across cultures that weren't present where you were from. Sort of.

"If you're hunting a thief, then try playing a part that will let you," she said when laying down the book on another page about astynomia- people for the city's law, essentially. "Not all places or times had police, exactly, but where there are thieves, there's always people around that're supposed to catch them."

Well. Or try to. No one really caught Trance and there were times when she found things, and the rare time when she had to be a thief and steal things. "Luckily, age isn't so much a factor as whether you were fit and capable enough."