[Dazai simply nodded - it was interesting to see Bedivere focus on that aspect, precisely because he wasn't wilfully naive. If there was a champion for humanity or some such title that was selected based on merit and character, he was pretty sure Bedivere would qualify - and the certainty he felt with that thought was surprising in and of itself.]

They eat fish. [He still felt off-kilter as he watched Bedivere watch the penguins with the kind of bright fascination that did funny things to Dazai's heart.] You would've needed a ship to go south... ah, before, and the journey has its fair share of perils. Think of their birthplace as a land of perpetual winter, isolated from the rest of humanity.