Ocean's Breath Plateau times could be much worse

She merely watched as emotion and memory marched across his face. She put no effort into reading into anything she saw, for whatever lay beneath his exterior was as tumultuous and dangerous as the seas he feared so much. When he admitted he did not know, she nodded. That is fine, she said. We never know everything, that is where the joy in life lies. The mystery.

He went on, and Starbuck nodded sagely. Names have power, dear Tryphon. But only if you give it to them. A name can be cast off, if one wishes, she said. She would plant the seed of the idea, though she was unsure if shedding the name Tryphon would do any good for him.