"All learned from the Netsilik," he reminds the both of them, but is purposely vague on when said skills were honed. "When you're continuously laughed at by small children and old women experience tends to build quicker."

Only partially exaggerated. When the taboo of his arrival wore off then the friendly teasing began, mostly from the men in the hunting parties and the children who found him completely ridiculous.

Fitzjames is thanked for his help with a slight tip of his head, then promptly passed a kitchen knife. "You can dice, can't you?" he asks, though it's absolutely not a question. "Cut up the roots on the table."