He shook his head. "It was just some pond in the middle of the woods. Closest river's too far away, and I ain't ever heard of the Samegawa flowin' underground at all. Runs through the whole region."

From what he'd heard, anyway. He wasn't much in the way of geography. 'Street smarts', one could say.

"Ya think a river that connects to two different continents'd be in the news or somethin'," he said with a knit of his eyebrows.

"Can't even find a phone, there ain't a bus or taxi... not even a damn airport..." But even if the latter was around, he had no idea how the hell he'd pay for a ticket. Damn it.