"Well--because they're seals! You can't eat them. Besides, they're endangered." Which probably doesn't mean anything to him. "It means there aren't a lot left, so you can't hunt them or anything."

Martha would be happy to introduce him to all the deliciousness of cuisine from outside the British Isles, but it'll be another two flights of stairs before they can even think about that. "Well, uh. I'm not from a tribe exactly. Dad's family live in Nottingham, though. And Tharkay was born in India. It's on the other side of the world from England, really far away. Are you from a tribe?"