Well, I usually try to play ESes in one sitting, and this usually creates the problem of me running out of actions in a place I can’t leave - so, yes I very much appreciated the option to return to the city to refill my actions.
Just wanted to say that right after first meeting them, my initial suspicion was that The Stranger was The Civet. I was very much reminded of their one and only appearance so far, all those years ago in the Season of Silver finale.
(And who’s to say they aren’t?)