[ Good, he didn't take it badly... That's a small relief in all of this. And if he thought of it, he hadn't really been worried about Ion in a while...aside from what they just brought on themselves, anyway. ]

Then we can start whenever you want to... Training you would be part of my job.

[ And he rather likes having friends as clients.

His cheerfulness turns subdued when he brings up the boat, though, and he quiets down over all. ]

It'd be comforting it there were a purpose, but it's really hard to say... The way we were given those tasks and the way that book was able to predict the weather...those should be pretty telling, but it all could have been a kind of diversion, honestly...