“In short, I am researching a way to get home, Aleksander,” Handy explained, his voice calm and cool, “and it is not so simple a matter as boarding a boat, braving the Black Isles blockade of the Western Ocean, and sailing across the horizon. You may want to discuss the matter with my king in further detail, but suffice it to say, not everything you hear about me is simply wild rumour. I am not of this world, good king. I would very much like to return from whence I came, and that is not an easy affair.”