[That just gets Sefton a smile, one that actually registers around Descry's mouth instead of just in his eyes. It is there too, of course, with the twinkle of amusement.]

Skulduggery's the sailor. I'm a bee-keeper. It's soothing.

[It provides a nice physical background hum which takes the edge off the mental background hum. When he was still at the monastery, he'd always been most content in the garden, tending the bees. He leads the way out onto the deck, toward the captain's cabin.]

And honey is a good thing to have on a ship. It never spoils, it can be used in cooking, it has medicinal properties ... and, of course, it tastes wonderful.