Side quests aren't the only things we put in the world. We wrote plenty of people who just want to talk--about life as a farmer, as a scribe, about the monster plague that has cast a shadow over all the land and their doubts and their fears for the future. A philosopher in Athens will talk to you about Greek philosophy, and his thoughts on the monster threat. A seasoned trader on the Silk Road talks about the trade, the lands he's seen and the hardships he's faced. Everyone you can talk to has a lot to say. You can talk to them again and again to hear them explain, complain, or spin one more theory.​