Ahahaha yeah ask him about that one time a psychopathic history professor took over the entire city of Portland within the first two weeks of the apocalypse and then took over half the goddamn Pacific Northwest within the first two years, good times. (Disclaimer: not good times.)

Anyhoo! I've been playing with the idea of Karl having one or more relatives who live in Recolle, so if Tess has any family ties to the greater Portland area in this universe they could totally be cousins or something if you like.