At the mention of the Revolution, however, he shrugs. "Turmoil is unpleasant for all. But I am told it is the means to an end, although some would say the end of France." The thought didn't bother him as much as it should have done, perhaps, but the sea was a richer, larger, freer country than any he had ever come across, and he would always love it more than he would countries built on land.