As the boy's smile shrunk, Facilier's own sarcastic grin grew. "'Land of Hot Water'? I'm 'fraid we aren't..." he answered, contemplating the strange name for a location. A rather exotic-sounding title. This one must be from somewhere in the Far East as well.

"Y'all right 'bout this place being known as Landel's, but there's more to that too sadly," Facilier replied, bending down a little more to meet the lad's eyes. Oh dear... Time to be the bringer of bad news...! Facilier wondered just how much the youth's vain cheeriness could hold up to what he was about to learn...

"They call it Landel's Institute, for the 'mentally insane'," the Bokor gravely explained, straightening back up to tower over the dark-haired youth. "But in reality, it's more like Landel's Limbo for poor trapped souls like us. That, and we're supposedly in the state of New Jersey..."