9S' gaze dips to the water's surface as he stretches out his legs. Well, those things do sound kind of lousy. The hunting monsters bit could be fun and maybe even the swamp bit, depending on whether swamps are less annoying than deserts. It's hard to top the way sand gets into everything...

But...

"Yeah, I get it." A brighter future awaits. 9S grins, his cat ears perking up. "So, has Childermass told you much about his world? What are you looking forward to?"

Pls slake his curiosity!!