[His hands have only ever been good for two things - working the earth, and putting bodies in it. He smiles a bit, brief.]

If my opinion changes, I will let you know.

[It's not a dismissal, it's an honest and genuine statement. Alke couldn't lie if his life depended on it - and it has, on several ill-fated occasions.]

My village is called Vaiqa. Province of Vahlo, country of Sal Amast, planet of Danye.

[It's an oddly formal string of quantifiers, it smacks of something cultural.]