"But we shouldn't have to avoid pits! We're going to a welcoming party, not the qualifying trials for the next Headboy death games!"

Oh god. Arthur hadn't thought of that until now. What if they're expected to participate in blood sports? He's seen it too much in all the little cult settlements around the Garden District.

"You...you don't think there's going to be death games, do you?"

Asked in a tone that says he's had far more experience with that sort of thing than he'd like.