Eliot looks at the bird - similar to others he's seen, but not as the marker of any organization or national emblem. Nor has he ever heard of Dowa, but then there are lots of countries who call themselves something different than what the rest of the world does. And why won't Jean say what it actually stands for? Is it not an acronym at all?

"So the ACCA must be a national organization ... under a king or queen, since Dowa is kingdom? And since you expected me to know it, you must assume I'm from there, too. What language are we speaking together?"

As he asks, Eliot picks up the wine bottle and tops off Jean's glass. It's an automatic gesture, something he seems to be paying little attention to - he's hosted plenty of dinner parties in his time, after all.