[The dance concludes, and he steps away from her in a fluid motion, gives her a short bow. The face of the known world has changed, but he regards it with curiosity rather than dislike or anything approaching fear. Information is power, and anything he now gleans of what the future of his world holds is an edge he has on anyone who might seek to stand against him.

He gestures her towards a long, low table in the back of the hall where refreshments are being served. Dancing results in thirsty people in every century, it seems.]

You know Nassau, so we're clearly from similar - if divergent - worlds. If I were to hazard a guess, these places are in eastern Europe?