[ Is he handling it well? Very few things about the situation aren't confusing, but years of being adaptable have to count for something. Zhou Zishu shrugs slightly, which is probably enough of an answer. Either he moves forward or he locks himself in his room and frankly there's only so much drinking even he can do.

Besides, the other question is much more interesting. ]

We've been brought ostensibly as criminals, but there's been no mention of sentence and the people here make for poor jailers. [ He flicks a wryly knowing look at the locals going about their business, most of them quite happily ignoring the nonsense happening here. ] So either that was a lie or there's something bigger planned.