I've got no first hand experience with it if that's what you mean, I'm sorry, [Kit admits with a sigh of his own; he didn't reach out just to pick an argument, and is grateful that Vandelin at least seems to recognize that it's Kit's fear and worry that is making him short, and nothing else. He takes a drag from his cigarette, then taps the excess ash off into the tray.] I've never been off the mainland, unless taking a dip in the sea counts.

[It doesn't.]

I know it's got a reputation for being rough and lawless, the kind of place where pirates make port and trade all the loot they acquired through. Well. Piracy. [A pause.] How long are you going to be there?