I'm boring you, forgive me, but I have more questions. I can see by now that expecting you to answer then all is ambitious on my part, but please do your best to find just one amongst them which would not exhaust you too terribly:

Do you bring us here under your own authority?

If not, what force or organization do you obey in doing this?

What payment do you receive for your services?

Of what benefit to the force you obey, or to you, is our redemption?

Do you ever plan to stop, or will this ship sail under your hand indefinitely?

What control, if any, do you actually have over the floods and ports with which we are beset?