Hanabaptiste sipped her tea, studying Berlin. For someone who showed up at her door in the middle of the night carrying a wounded shape shifter, he was awfully polite. 

Placing the chipped mug back on the table, she delicately cleared her throat, saying,

"I am-was- a student at the Schools. I was studying to become a weather mage. Unfortunately, there was ah- a deficit in funds for me to continue my education. Since then, I've been traveling west, and I am presently gathering the funds to purchase passage to the Ramos Isles."

There was a lull in the conversation and the sounds of the city outside waking up drifted in. Hanabaptiste studied the boy laying in her bed, and Berlin drank his tea and thought. Finally, Hanabaptiste turned to the pirate captain and asked,

"If you don't mind my prying, how is it that you came to travel with a shape shifter? I had been under the impression that they're not considered good traveling companions."