One man that we passed wore a long, emerald-green coat that nearly touched the ground, and a parrot the exact same shade of green—a parrot!—perched on his shoulder. At that, I whipped my head around to look at Max, my face splitting into a grin. “Did you see—” “It’s not the strangest thing you’ll witness in this city today.” A small, amused smile crinkled the corners of his eyes.





