Certain routes of the city are heavily jammed.

I've countered, burned, destroyed pretty much everything he's played, but now I'm out of cards and so is he. So now it's a topdecking game.

Nice coat, lady! he said. / I sat down across from him. Not a good moment to start with me about it, I said. / Who's starting with you? It's badass. It took me only half a second to see that he was serious. Completely badass.

The overhead in loading transients is a big time-waster.