If she could understand Norse, she'd thoroughly agree - it's a very long fucking way. Long enough she herself as no desire to go back to the Old Country at all. Weeks and weeks on a ship? She'd go mad. Stark raving mad.

As it is, Kate still laughs a little in agreement with what she took his meaning to be. Besides, her palm is still a little warm from his fingers had brushed her skin.

"It took a long time to find it. To explore enough to find it. Then explore it. Australia is very big."

Pausing, she adds in a tiny circle underneath Australia's. Can't forget about the hell of Van Deiman's Land.