"You'd be surprised what they teach you in boyscouting," he says - and of course Bruce has done enough research to be able to pass himself off as a legitimate member - as they walk. "I've found myself doing it more often since showing up here. Baedal has more weird stuff than Maryland."

Maryland: completely harmless, east coast, plenty of pleasantly middle class towns. (It's also where Sol is from, so yeah, Bruce is kifing some of his friend's context, which got a little weird when the Sol in Baedal turned out to be an alternate.)