Kam Loong blushes slightly at being called a scholar. "Thank you! Pleased to meet you as well. I wasn't always a good student, but it is...different somehow, when you are not actually in school."

Considering her story, he continues, "I don't know this Emperor of yours, but I think I would probably choose the same in your situation. I've never really been a mariner, though I've been on boats a few times and always lived near the sea, but staying in a castle and serving an emperor...sounds like something I'd be even worse at than school," he finishes with a slight smile.