Mira Hasta-Rur wrote: > > "No, I, dear lady." Jac says, "I think, no I know, that Akus Moby > > had done work for The Black Marble in the past. Aunt Mazie told me > > that, and yes, I am here to keep an eye on you all, but I'm not a > > member of the aforementioned organization. I'm just a simple busy > > body here to see to it that you don't try to sell off the ship or > > skip before your seven years are up." > > > > He chuckles, "Not that I'm likely to be able to stop you if you > > did." > > > "Ha!" She says, "They'd have to do it over my dead body. And don't > worry, I don't mind having you around. You're more courteous than > most of these louts and you're easy enough on the eyes." > > She puts her hands on her hips and looks around appraisingly, > "Actually, I don't think I've ever been on a ship with quite so many > 'easy on the eyes' running around." She grins and tilts her head > looking at the ladies this time, "Or quite so much lovely competition > for them either!" > > "But I digress." She leans over then, putting her hands on Woof's > shoulders for him to lift her down. > > She smooths her dress in place, "Anyway, yes, we have a lot of pieces > but we've sort of neglected to work on fitting them together and > finding out what other pieces they might lead to. I sort of thought > that we could focus our attentions and maybe even our route better if > we had a better idea of what we wanted to accomplish with all of that > alongside making money and keeping the Mae Lee running." "We *must* go to Montrose." Jac says, "Assuming we aren't going to return Sir Gunt's money and risk him suing our pants off, but there are different paths from here to there, and I think you have the right idea Doctor Hasta-Rur." Eris AKU
