Bounty? But I Don't Want a Bounty

"..." 

LaRee opened his mouth to ask another question. But a slew of new inquiries clogged his mind. 

Chuckling, Ayse grabbed that tentacle tip and pointed it at the archer. "I'll tell you right now. I know nothing about specific legends and the old 'tall tales' of dymensional sailors. But I'm sure that, somewhere out there, there's an old legend about a ship-eating serpent. And the dymension is definitely large enough for such a legend to exist."

A portion of LaRee's curiosity was satiated by that statement. But the other unasked inquiries caused an expression of confusion to appear. 

"I am a hunter. I am getting that part," LaRee stated. "But… What are the other words? Bohn-tee? Gov-hern-ment? Offi-shals?" 

Starting with the most basic one, Ayse answered, "A government is the large group of people in power over others. They set the laws and traditions of societies, of all villages, towns, and cities under them.