Hannibal nodded. "It's irrational, but it is true. Very observant. If you think about something hard enough, a person, a place that you would like to be. Anything. Then soon you will find yourself there. If the City itself wants you to be in a certain place, or meet a certain person, it will take you there. You won't be able to get to where you were trying to go. It's easier in those cases to not try to fight it. Just do what it wants you to do, and soon enough it will leave you alone."
He was silent a moment, to let that sink in for her. "As I said, you'll meet all sorts here. The sooner you learn to accept that nothing is going to be normal or rational again, the better adjusted you'll be."