To Save the Realm, First 10 Lines, Chapter 4: Sitting in the Park

Brock walked down the steps of Wyvern's office, stunned, and found the nearest pub, The Red Cap. The pub sign showed a tall red mushroom with white speckles. He sat down and drank a pint. What now? A long walk to anywhere, that will do. He went northward toward the neutral light. What there was of it in the dim sky. Go now among these crowds of people with heads down. Nice buildings. Solid stone, black steel railings. Not too tall, no more than five or six stories. Like the Commerce Bank building at home. Except it's the tallest building in Mycenae. And some of these have chunks torn out by bomb shrapnel.