[ He's not even going to dignify the former statement with a response, you probable old hag. Mermaids are always quoted as being hundreds of years old in the old stories; for all he knew, she was housing a deathly pair of incisors beneath that mouth.

Still, his pride dictates he has to entertain that ludicrous notion for at least a good ten seconds ... ]

How ungrateful can you be? Human beings who would be completely be willing to help you not for their benefit, but yours. You can't just generalize people as unanimously bad. [ A sneer. ]

Would you even be able to accept my assistance? It sounds like it isn't even in this world anymore. To find it, you'd have to comply with CERES until they offered you a way to return. People arrive all the time. I assume the same can be done in reverse, whether or not those same worlds have been "fixed".

[ Yeah, he's getting played. ]