[When Yuri sets down the jar, Aleksander scoops it up, inspecting it before unscrewing the lid to have a little taste. The spoon clatters in the sink as he turns back to the vegetables.]

Your home is called the Abyss? That certainly is a very interesting name. We didn't have much growing up, but fishing in lakes and the ocean was free. Even for people like me.

[Chop, chop, chop, the blade falls like a metronome] And I do like to know that the food I make will keep. You never know when we might fall on hard times in here.