That was an interesting reaction. Katie raised an eyebrow, smirking faintly. Southern boys were big on their ma'ams, weren't they? "Katriane Ashby. Kate." Anything but ma'am. Manners she could appreciate, but that was just uncomfortable. She rarely introduced herself as Katie, but found she tended to become such with friends whether she tried or not. "I myself haven't been on the ocean since I was a child. How did you come to work on one, then?" she asked, curiously. It seemed like an odd line of work to fall into.