"No one seems sure of anything in this world," he said, irritation darkening his voice as he glared out at the sea as if it was somehow to blame. It was abundantly clear that for all that others claimed to know, there was precious little that was actually fact and not conjecture here.

Still, he had learned more than what he had known before, and for that it couldn't hurt to keep this one on his radar. And there was the matter of what the man calling himself captain had demanded -- suppressing a sigh, Sasuke turned back to the girl. "Your information has been useful; it doesn't seem like there's more complete knowledge easily found anyway." He paused, then simply plunged into: "We'll be travelling together. I am Uchiha Sasuke."