[Meanwhile Zack takes a second to really take in how his walking companion's ear twitches like that. Cat-people. He's never seen them before until now. But he's made the mistake once of insulting one so he doesn't want to do it again.]

What? [No longer distracted by cat ears,] I've travelled all over the place for work, mostly. Taking on jobs like clearing out hordes of monster nests or dealing with black markets and shit like that.

[He glances at the tall buildings and neon signs.]

I've been to a lot of cities that are a lot like this place too. Bright lights and too many people all cramped in together. It's a lot of trouble most of the time so you've gotta keep your street smarts about you.