Oh, yes. Something about a bit of flooding in the section of Ala Mhigo proper you needed to traverse?

[She taps her chin and tilts her head both ways, studying him with the intent that he notice it.]

Why, to hear the bards tell it, you swam the breadth of the Ruby Sea, carbuncle upon your shoulders.

[This is a very big, elaborate jest that she hopes will turn both of their minds away from stone walls and too-white light.]