I know. I... yes. I'll try. I have my knife. And presumably I'll be vomiting blood if I do anything.

[He doesn't particularly want to test Lilith's curse. Especially not with it likely to cause problems for Ava.]

We still- I still need to sort that out. [It's not her problem right now. It's his.] I don't suppose you have any books on curse-breaking, or something?

Maybe the food's actually awful. Or it's some sort of... Lotus Eater thing that all the locals know about? If you feel like you want to stay here forever, do mention.