[Hilda shakes her head.]

No, I don't know a thing about them. Where I'm from is near the mountains. If I tried to help, I'd probably just get in the way.

[Although if she did know anything about boating, she'd surely find a different excuse to refuse to engage. Hilda avoids work even under ideal circumstances; the chances of her pitching in while stressed and uncomfortable are less than zero.]

We can pay them back somehow when he finally make it to land.