And view there's plenty of. Any one glance might take in three or four varied alien species; nose ridges are everywhere, though human features are plenty common too, and once in a while there's a flash of copper green amid the crowd. It's eay, in short, to lose yourself in the bustle of a place like this.

That's rather a good thing, when you're trying to get to what amounts to a dimensional portal in a side corridor and doing your best not to be noticed while you're about it. they do, eventually. Get there, that is. And fortunately for everybody who is, or could be, or really shouldn't be involved (not least of that last being Temporal Investigations!), the door opens on the bar at the first try. whew.