[ It takes her a second, but ] Wait, I thought New York is an island. Or like, Manhattan. How've you never been to a beach when you spent your whole life on an island?

[ She can understand not going frequently or maybe not liking it, but she can't figure out how someone could spend that much time on a small island and never make it to the beach at all. She's like, ninety percent sure that Coney Island is a big deal even for natives. ]

But like I said, I never even saw the ocean before I went to Aquila. I never went anywhere close to it back home, only Kansas and Vegas. It was pretty amazin' down there in Aquila, I love it.