" Someone should do something,” Leeli said quietly. “What would they do?” Janner asked. “It seems like the whole world is as awful as it is here.” “Things weren’t this bad in Glipwood,” Tink said. “No, but it didn’t take much to tip the scales,” Janner said. “In just a few days, the town was deserted and the Fangs moved in. Everything in Skree is as bad as it is for these mud farmers. It’s just that here we can see it for what it is. "

― Andrew Peterson , North! or Be Eaten (The Wingfeather Saga, #2)