[There was very little that Ashitaka had seen since waking up in Jerusalem that would have made sense to him back home. The state of confusion and the very peculiar sensation of being misplaced was something that followed him day in and day out, to a point where he was almost familiar with being unfamiliar. There were many and more things that confounded him but which he also accepted in the same breath, deciding not to worry so much on things that weren't all that important in the long run.

There's a faint smile that rests on Ashitaka's features for a moment.]

I suppose that is one way you could put it, yes.

[The smile is brief, however; they are difficult for him to maintain on a good day, but lately it had been next to impossible.]

Things could certainly be worse, if that is the case. This is not so terrible of a place to be kept against our will. [The words ring a little hollow in his ears, almost discordant. Of all of the prisons he had been locked in lately, this one was far preferable.] I am certain the commander and the sergeant will prepare us to leave soon enough. This might be the first place I am disappointed to leave behind, however.

[Mostly because they would not leave a war behind here. Or, at least, he hopes not.]