[For a moment or two, Yunxu's reaction doesn't change either. When it becomes clear she means it as an accusation, however, and not just needling for more information, he rests his chin in one of his hands.]

Couldn't I be gathering the salt for someone else? We are, for example, about to make landfall, if you and your friends manage to beach Tu Vishan. Perhaps I have allies there. Perhaps I'm planning to use the salt to cause deliberate harm to someone on the mainland. Perhaps I'm simply paranoid.