Only once upon a time. [ But not anymore. Draco tilts his head to one side at the word 'kraken'. ] A sea monster? Hmm, yes, I expect those aren't so prone to idle chatter.

[ Not something he's ever seen himself, of course, but he wasn't inclined to disagree if squids could talk or not. ]

This place? [ He lifts a great big clawed hand, for closer to a hand than any beast's claw it is, and gestures to the forest around them. ] This place is Luceti. Lots of trees, mountains, lakes, and a village of people stuck here just like yourself. Whatever world you are thinking you are still on, you are not. This is a different one, one that steals people from where they belong, but it is the Malnosso who puts them in places like this.

[ He pauses and swings his head down closer to eye the pirate. ]

You don't happen to have a little book with you? One you just found nearby when you woke up?