No to icebreakers, then. All right, smooth guy: what now?

Jae-ha runs a hand through his bangs and gets back up to his feet. "You mean as opposed to somewhere in the middle of the ocean? Well. They say every voyage comes to an end sooner or later."

It's not what Akaya really means, and Jae-ha knows it, but he's trying to save as much face as he can, and build to what he knows he needs to say, but that is so hard to actually get out.