"No. Is Vere a person?" Matthias asks in response, though he doesn't care. He's never met this person, or been to whatever place the man speaks of. He starts to feel untethered, wondering where the hell Dutch is.

"Dutch is a woman. She was in this bed with me, and now she's gone. What did you do with her?" he asks, the question more a demand than anything else. Dutch is strong, a warrior in her own right, but she would have been vulnerable if she was sleeping. How could he have slept through an abduction? He's getting too soft in this place.