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</head><body><p style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">The Captain (of all things to be called!) is glad that leg of the trip is over. Dorhak is also somewhat concerned about the return trip. The threat from those fish-men is no laughing matter. Also, what if Mr. giant-who-walks-on-water has friends who want to avenge his death? What then? Creatures like that giant are usually favorites of some god. Will they 'send' trouble?</p><p style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><br></p><p style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Before landfall, Dorhak asks Z’leyra to gather everyone for the evening meal. He tells her he just wants to talk about staying over in Tilal.</p><p style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><br></p><p style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">dorhak makes sure the meal is a bit better than normal, or at least more plentiful. He looks around at everyone. In his opinion they look a bit worse for wear, but he thinks all humans look that way. Elves, meh. At least the little faerry seems to be doing fine. "Alright everyone, settle down! I want to discuss our next port."</p><p style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><br></p><p style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">"I don’t know much about the country of this port, Tilal, the navigator tells me. I know it’s Rogizini". Dorhak says the word carefully, as if he is unsure how to say it. "But I know little. I do know that they have slaves. I also know how some of you feel about that," he says with a glance over to Fremea, "but keep to yourself. Don’t mess with the locals or their property. Trading and exploring is fine. But if I hear you are causing trouble you will be on thundermug duty till we get back to Marentia!" He looks around and continues. "Also, because they have slaves they might not be real picky about how they acquire them. Don’t go off by yourselves. Stay with at least one other person. Most of us think we can take care of ourselves but do not test me on this! All it takes is drinking the wrong mug and you’ll be out of the city before we know you are gone."</p><p style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><br></p><p style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">"when we make port, i want to begin by getting supplies ordered. I also want to get a small craft we can use to get to shore when we dont have a port. You never know when we might need that." He thinks for a second then says "It will look suspicious if we anchor near land at Vahear, and they are likely to have constant patrols, so I expect to go to port."</p><p style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><br></p><p style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">in Tilal I want to get repairs to sails and wood and fresh supplies. Repairs might take a few days, so why don’t we spend a week here? I could use some time where the deck doesn’t move under my feet."</p><p style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><br></p><p style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">"does that sound reasonable to everyone? Again, be careful here. Most of you wouldn’t go quietly, but I don’t want any trouble."</p><p style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><br></p><p style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">"sailors, you will rotate shore leave. If you can convince anyone from our group to take shifts for you, that’s fine and have fun. Report to Z’leyra for shift times and days. Anyone that wants to sleep on the boat to save money may most certainly do so."</p><p style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><br></p><p style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">"And let’s not regale these people with the tale of our killing a water walking giant. You never know what bad attention that might bring us."</p><p style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><br></p><p style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica,arial,sans-serif; color: #333333;" class="default-style"></p></body></html>