[Pavi sits and arranges himself neatly, watching the Marquis with interest. Lying? Possibly. Probably. But he'd prefer to believe that the man is telling the truth, because he knows barely enough about the Marquis' life and where he's from to know that he would never, ever want to go there himself.]

I see. With these 'floods' and the other strange things that happen here...I think it would be perhaps quite ordinary to lose a few days, si?