"The aliens had started the process of flooding in the South."

"How do you know about this, if your people are so incurious? By the way, you never told us your name; mine is Paul, I am Consort to Baroness Elizabeth de Sangamore." "My name is Aluthu. I have learned from what few folk tales are told, there are some ancient books, inscriptions, and there are places in some of the towers where if you ask questions, something in the tower answers, although the language is difficult to understand."