"Then we're of a similar mind. We'll make to windward of her as sedately as possible. If she allows us to pass without question, all the better. But I imagine, given how keen she is, she has questions and will comply us to heave to for the answers. In which case—"
He pauses, regarding the three of them in the watery grey light of the cabin. "We are fresh from Val Chevin, newly refit from breaking the blockade. That ship is flying House colors; I doubt ut would be so brazen if they weren't certain it was sailing into friendly water.
"Rivain, you're to be my second here at the quarterdeck. Derrica, I would have you ready in the tops acting as rigging crew and ready to do whatever you see fit should things begin to go wrong."
And to Yseult: "I assume you are comfortable with the operation of a crossbow. Post yourself near the stern ballista in some way which seems incidental."
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He pauses, regarding the three of them in the watery grey light of the cabin. "We are fresh from Val Chevin, newly refit from breaking the blockade. That ship is flying House colors; I doubt ut would be so brazen if they weren't certain it was sailing into friendly water.
"Rivain, you're to be my second here at the quarterdeck. Derrica, I would have you ready in the tops acting as rigging crew and ready to do whatever you see fit should things begin to go wrong."
And to Yseult: "I assume you are comfortable with the operation of a crossbow. Post yourself near the stern ballista in some way which seems incidental."