"We ask the hospitality of the Domain." Noise, buzz, confusion, alarm, welcome. "We came over the Gobrin Ice." More noise, more voices, questions; they crowd

"We ask the hospitality of the Domain." Noise, buzz, confusion, alarm, welcome. "We came over the Gobrin Ice." More noise, more voices, questions; they crowded in on us. "Will you look to my friend?" I thought I had said it, but Estraven had. -- [The Left Hand of Darkness], Ursula K. Le Guin