Havin' a nearby a sea or ocean would mean that there is some way to freedom from this place, I'd say. Let me guess, one can't quite sail to the other side? Perhaps they would find themselves back here, back to where they hailed from, hmm?

[Otherwise one would think that there would be more people interested in heading to the other side of the mountains. Providing escape or not, it was something Barbossa definitely wanted to check out; and most importantly, to see whether his ship was there.

The pirate captain checked out the guide that the dragon mentioned while still keeping a wary eye out for any suspicious and drastic movements on the creature's part.]

This 'guide' is extensive, aye... but it seems like we've got naught but time to read it in here, hmm? [He looked up to the dragon, one of his brows lifting while he still held onto the book.]

I shall spare some of mine to go through it later, - [His voice trailed off when he realized he couldn't quite use 'matey', 'lad', 'scalawag' or anything of the sort for this particular specimen, making him wonder as to how the creature was actually called.] ...Do ye happen to have a name, by the way, dragon?