[Yes, he knows exactly what she means. The New World and the Old World - though he never did enjoy the two terms. He suspects that that burning drink likely had its origins in the New World too. It is overpoweringly strong. Indelicate and unrefined.]

The majority of the people whom I have spoken to since I landed here have convinced themselves of the existence of an impenetrable barrier above them. They say that it prevents them from leaving Luceti. Of course, if that were true, an establishment such as this one would quickly run out of stock.