[LISTEN... pedestrians first, or something (that, and/or Karl is not used to a world with cars).]

Well, that's not surprising. It's usually the people living under their thumb that suffer the most when the upper echelon can't handle things...

[He'll remain standing, thanks (however humble he can be, Karl would be lying if he said he didn't have his own brand of pride)!!]

Ah, right. I read about the ghosts in the document provided by Athena. I don't suppose there've been any pleasant encounters with them?