Since he's burned some bridges (entirely the faults of the people he's graced with his company, and never the fault of himself), Jez has eventually found himself at the ends of the earth. Nidus Insula is the furthest western Nidus of Aleph, beyond which is an endless sea. He has learned exactly nothing of good sportsmanship, but the Nidus is so sparsely populated that if he makes himself insufferable, others have a tendency to simply leave. Whether or not this has had a subconscious impact, Jez' need of company has led him to make himself an okay neighbour (not a good neighbour, mind you) to the flightless dragons that roam the interior of the massive island. When he has occasion to come across one, usually he is so conversation-starved that he's too busy catching up and recounting his accomplishments to become truly insufferable, and when that tipping point comes, he often finds himself on the trail alone again. He blames this on the flighty sense of vagabond wonder his companions have, their strangeness something he finds charming rather than rude.