[Oh, she does see the pattern. She wonders if his mother has grey hair already from worrying over him so much! Regardless, his story has her rapt attention until the very end.]

I can imagine! He must've been so relieved! I hope you haven't gone on your own again after that!

[She can't even imagine losing one of her siblings! (Well, she can, she just doesn't want to. All kinds of terrible things can happen to people, from illness to accidents to worse. She's seen it all in her ancestors' memories.)]

There are shipwrecks in the sea here, too, I'm sure. Jade and I didn't see one when we went, but we did find an old temple! Luckily, there were no ghosts in there.

[Unless Jade saw some and just didn't tell her... but surely, he would have!]