[Bless Inventory Slots! It's truly one of the best investments any adventurer could ever make. Hijikata moves on, tentacling his way across the lake bottom rather than continuing to swim for the time being.]

Yeah. It's short for "international network"... I think.

[Avalon may only be one island, but it still boasts a handful of nations, somehow, so the term technically applies! He pauses when the lamplight illuminates a large rock not too far off their path... no, it's not a rock; it's a giant clam, about as large as a small two-seater car.]

We're going to leave that aside. I know how it's going to go otherwise - there'll be a pearl or something inside, and if you reach for it the clam will snap shut.

[Someone has read to many comics! But then again this is Avalon, so maybe there's merit to his caution.]