Stepping into the Floating City felt a lot like Tortuga on steroids. Tortuga was an open port known for fencing Pirated goods, the Floating City was nothing but Pirates. Their entire culture was piracy and blockade running, even the shops near the wharf front all specialized in either food or tools to help in robbing other ships.
There are already rooms booked for them at one of the hotels near the waterfront, and their Pilot is escorting them through the maze of the Floating City, so Cain simply enjoys the views and attempts to understand what this strange feeling that the city gives off is.
It's very familiar but so foreign to the ocean environment that he is having trouble placing it. Or more like it's a blend of two things that never belonged together but somehow just fit.