[Clever excuse, really. Katherine could use it, too. Maybe that's why he brought it up. She's certainly going to avoid the main attractions right along with him... food and drink aside (now that the initial shock is over and her appetite is coming back).]

I don't think it's odd at all.

[It isn't as if he's the only one doing it.]

All I know about this place is what I've seen here... but evidently, the rest of the city isn't like this.