[Oh he has been considering it, and he doesn't appear to like it much at all. Well, hence the incentive for trade, right? He'll have to remember to add it to the shopping list.]

That's certainly more considerate, although I suppose that's a quality I shouldn't expect out of our providers here.

[Jeremiah takes another drink, the quinine tart on his tongue.]

I have made some connections. Some are people I knew from home. [He returns the younger man's eye contact.] Do you have anyone like that here?