He finally finds the kettle and sets to filling it and finding the tea bags. (An excellent invention, really. There were quite a few useful things to be had in town! Canned food was nice, for example, even if he tended towards the ones with easy opening lids.

"I don't know where that is, but your meaning seems clear. It didn't seem especially cold enough to keep ice like this solid before it arrived." It was...suspicious, but he hardly knew the area, perhaps it wasn't impossible?

"I could teach you how to ration, while you're here. It's simple, the self-discipline needed is where it gets hard." Water heating and tea set up, he turns back in her direction. "I haven't run into many nobility or royalty, I'll admit, but you're the first I know to live out of her carriage...or ship, I suppose."