"Vanitas, or the domain of Vanity, is a randomized floor that appears throughout the Tower of the Dead. We don't know which floor it will be, or when it will happen. Just know that randomly you'll find yourself there, so always be careful when progressing from one floor to another."
The vendor didn't sound like a salesman anymore.
The bored slouch in his shoulders was still there, sure, but his voice carried the practiced weight of someone who'd repeated this warning to people who later stopped coming back. He held the torch up like it was nothing, just cloth and wood, yet the way his fingers kept a firm grip on it told Kael he respected what it represented.
The night air around the Information Guild had that city-stale smell, stone, sweat, cheap oil, and too many bodies passing through the same street.
Kael could feel eyes on him even without looking. People always listened when the word "Vanitas" came up, even if they pretended they didn't.
