The first time Corporal Honour Bound went down to the Rookery, it almost felt like she was sneaking around. Aside from being accosted by a few guards in the cave full of stalagmites and stalactites, almost everypony had been asleep. The second time had felt quiet as well, arriving early in the evening with the Royal Engineer in his dress suit while most of the batponies were just barely waking up. His conversation with the Rookery's metalworkers had gone on for so long that the streets were quiet again by the time they’d left, as well.