No, I haven't. China. [He says it out loud out of curiosity. It's such a foreign word on his tongue. Huh.

Wriothesley eats the dumpling first before he makes an attempt to try the dish offered to him. He swallows before speaking.] Kidnappers have no reason to be kind. Maybe enough food and water to survive, but this is certainly lavish. [Of course, maybe they're doing this to sell them off as good merchandise, but he'll be honest that he doesn't feel like that's the case either.]

Hmm? No, I quite like what I have back at home. [Maybe there's a look in his eye that implies that he's not so unfamiliar with such experiences though.]

I see. You sound like you're rather passionate about what you read. Does situations like this occur commonly in the novels you read then?