Schön orders the same, taking the seat opposite the wall with an untroubled air. "You're experiencing a little bit of culture shock," he answers, his tone soothing, "which is perfectly normal. Yesterday you took a wrong turn, and now so many of the things you took as universal rules are revealed as local ordinances. Everyone here has felt what you feel now, to some extent."

The coffee is quick to arrive, and Schön apparently likes his sweet, as he takes a moment to add a generous drizzle of honey and a splash of cream. "But you get used to it. This isn't a place of no rules, merely different ones. Given time to soak it all in, you too can greet all of this with familiarity."