Quote Originally Posted by Mr. Roboto
i have a guestion about the logic of the stilt guy and his village. they kept saying that it would take so long for him to catch up to his village since they were so far ahead of him in the ring and it would take 27 years for them to come back to that island, but why wouldn't he just head in the opposite direction and catch them that way?
I think that is what he's doing actually. Like he said, they always move to the next part of the island when the sea level lowers. Unless he doesn't wait for the sea level to lower and swim across to the next parts of the island, he would neve reach them if he didn't go the opposite direction. That's because while he moves over to a new part, they move as well meaning they would have the same distance between them each and everytime.

Going the opposite direction doesn't mean he will catch up to them faster though. Since the sea level doesn't lower at random times, he must have a pretty good idea just what part of the island they are currently at. Judging from where they are now and the times they move to the next part of the island, he calculated just how long it will take.