Oh! I see. I suppose the River is... a downstream destination for various violences.

[Personal murders, political assassinations, illness, disasters... All sorts of circumstances leading to their respective demises. And while he was relatively calm, if shocked and betrayed, anyone who went down swinging?]

And you've been attacked by a few who hadn't... exactly realized they were somewhere else, now. I hope they realized their mistakes quickly! But I guess that doesn't make the riverbank an enjoyable relaxation spot. Exciting, but maybe not enjoyable.

[And that's a person, a fairly quiet and subdued one. How would peppers fare in that bank, if people go scrabbling up out of it...?]

Maybe the oasis would be better.