"I've worked aboard a ship myself, though it didn't come very naturally to me. But I've done all sorts of work. Stage manager for a theatre troupe, occasional chef, initiate of the priesthood of Aza Guilla. And before I was brought here, my business partner and I were beginning work as problem solvers for the Deep Roots party in the Karthain elections."

There's a tiny pause and a bitterness comes to the corners of his smile. "That last, at the demand of mages who gave us no choice in the matter. It's getting to be a theme."