[ Three months. He's been for longer than Mo Ran realized. He remembered but the what the sorceress said about travellers, but it was only finally starting to hit him.

That settled, he dated to look at Chu Wanning again, wondering what he should say. ]

Shizun was with us for a while, but then had to enter seclusion. [ That should be safe enough to mention. ] When I left, you had just returned from seclusion and we were helping a village.

[ Few details. Let Chu Wanning assume what he wanted from it, but Mo Ran had no desire to talk to him about the events that happened.

His face falls slightly and he covered it with another laugh, looking up just as a large wave rocks the ship, sending him slightly off balance and stumbling. ]