"Gusu is the region where our clan makes their home, we live in Cloud Recesses in the mountains." He nods at their surroundings. "There are no lakes or rivers there, only at the foot of the mountain where Caiyi Town lies at the waterfront. This land is far more like Yunmeng ..."

Places she cannot know; he shakes his head apologetically.

"Address me however you wish. I'm aware we are all from ... strange realms," his smile is back, "I will not take offence."