I haven't had a lot of time to sightsee in my life. So no, I haven't been here.

[ between being born in another country and then being constantly on the run for one reason or another, new york hadn't been a place where he'd gotten to yet. he would have probably gotten there at some point in his life but with the detour to new amsterdam, maybe not. ]

How weird? What's going on here? Why is everyone dressed for some kind of battle?