"If I may indulge my curiosity, why there?"

Mark hesitated, then decided that if anyone could understand, it was likely to be Illya.

"The other places I looked at were too new. My Gran's home was built before this country was even a colony."

Illya poured some tea for Mark before refilling his own.

"And as a boy, you saw many new buildings turned to rubble."

"I know it's silly - it was the distance from the coast rather than construction that meant Gran's place was safe, but ..."

"What is of comfort does not need to be logical."