Pirates? [He blinks a few times, looking startled.] That's--well, I suppose I can't claim to be an expert, since I don't go out to sea often... but I've certainly never heard of them being a significant problem. At least not anywhere near Sumeru.

[Presumably they're, like. Out there?? But in his few trips abroad, he's never actually seen any himself.

He nods, though.]

We're very fortunate. Myself even moreso--life in the desert is very harsh, but I've been in the city all my life.