"...awa..."
Stone. Metal. Glass. Metal. A glimpse of green and brown. Reds and yellows and blacks zooming past. People holding strange compact devices up to their ears, walking and talking and other things simultaneously.
"...awawa..."
Lines on the stone road. Red, green, and yellow lights with some sort of meaning. Metal and glass vehicles moving by themselves, producing noxious smoke. Outfits literally out of this world.
"...awawawa..."
Luka was going to get whiplash if he kept looking around like a crazy person, so he forced himself to stop it using a technique he'd picked up after months of putting up with the strange culture of monsters.
He stopped thinking about it.
"Oh dear, he's gone," Undine commented. "His flow just... well, I'd say it stopped, but his body's still walking around, so he's not dead."
"Lukaaaaa! Wake up!" Sylph yelled, to no avail. "Waaaaaaake uuuuup- ow!" She rubbed her head, where a rock had fallen, leaving a bump. "Gnomey, that's meaaaan!"
"..." Gnome ignored her.
Suddenly, Luka blinked, his mind having successfully reset itself. He ignored the strange new world in front of him as best he could, focusing on following his guide. Suddenly, he was the one who needed explanations, and hopefully she would be amiable to give him some over food. At least that hadn't changed much. In fact, the smell of delicious foodstuffs was strangely calming, like a bastion of normality in an alien city.
Luka reached into his pockets and withdrew a handful of coins, some silver, others bronze, and one or two made of gold. He looked at Valda helplessly. "Um... help?" Ah yes, the smile of someone completely out of his element, with no idea what is going on. He had a feeling that it wouldn't be the last time he was forced to resort to it.