"I see," he said, sounding sad. "Well... it's a bit of a long story. Do you ahve time? Ah, good thing I just put a pot on to boil, if you could get down the mugs from that cupboard there, I'll share with you some of our history," he said.<br/><br/>The cupboard was right next to her, and contained a number of old, earthenware mugs, badly chipped and showing their age, but still serviceable. "So, you're explorers? You must have been traveling quite some time to get here."