"I come from a kingdom with areas so slim that if you stretched your arms your fingertips breach both Eastern & Western borders. By all accounts, most denizens actually reside in the neighboring lands - some folks completely unaware of their true sovereign. Yet other areas of the kingdom are largely submerged, where floating towns defy the cursed floodwaters. I'm from one such town."
"Is that why you left?"
"No, I'm wanted for boat theft."