[ A hand fall on Pearl's shoulder, stable and reassuring. ]

It is not silly. Thank you for sharing this with me. I never knew many outsiders, living in Atlantis, and for many years I considered our way of life superior, and all intruders as tresspassers upon our land.

[ It's her turn to bring her knees up, disguising the gesture of comfort as one of practicality by massaging her legs gently. ]

There's so much I am ignorant of. I want to know everything.