It's not the greatest of systems, but Sebastian has thought it over and it makes a certain sense. If you need to integrate a variety of strange people into an even stranger city, why not do it randomly? How better to ensure that any given group of people has a range of talents and weaknesses?

"I've asked around a bit and it seems as if there's always a cohort or two on the go," he replies. Sebastian tends to speak slowly, taking his time to think through what he wants to say before putting it to words. "It's strange, to be sure, but at least there's some sort of order. It shows a minimum of effort on behalf of whoever organizes things, I think."