[Well, he does NOW. Or, at least, has quite a few suspicions. He won't press anymore, though, since it's obvious Lily is not into this line of questioning.]

Well, see, that's the thing-- I know so little about the Elegante that I can't establish a baseline for normal versus oddity, especially by comparison with the Black Tide. There's a lot of things that have started to concern me about this place and, I guess I'm just trying to establish a help and information line for anyone that needs it, you know?

D-does... does that even make sense?