Not at all. Only one city. And a suburb, of sorts. No deserts to speak of.

[The shade doesn't flinch from it, but he looks faintly surprised by it either way. He's always been an outcast of sorts, even at home, so people acting genuinely nice to him is not something he's used to.]

Well, well, I...I won't be modest and say that it isn't brilliant. But I have a lot to do, a long path to go forward...it isn't perfect. Not yet.