Jacques glanced over at Axel.
"Non, Monsieur. This is the Northern shore of France, my home, and the nation that I have fought for as long as I can remember." He gestured at the sparkling water beyond the sand.
"These waters are the site of some of my greatest victories in the recent war against the British Empire. I defeated two Men O' War while I was the captain of a Pinnace not two miles off shore just here, in fact." He glanced at Scout.
"It is a beautiful land. I only hope that it has been spared whatever fate befell the inhabitants of America."