‘There’s nothing legal about what ‘The Welcome Garden’ does but there’s only the scantest of law in the Crease to disapprove and the jurisdictions involved in ‘The Garden’s’ alleged crimes are complex enough to be bureaucratically repulsive. Its owners have stolen the ‘welcome’ signs from various American cities and landmarks and transported them to a flattened hilltop that rises only halfway up the walls of the Crease. The hill itself has been adorned with massive neon letters that flash the word ‘WELCOME’ so brightly that formal complaints have been lodged, both because it is an eyesore and because, it’s been argued, the display indicates a level of safety that is not at all accurate to the situation.
‘The Welcome Garden’ does not discriminate between guests, you see, and the implicit welcome is rumored to draw those spirits and creatures that rely on permission to enter spaces.’
-an excerpt, Autumn by the Wayside
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