Chapter 169: The chase
Irwin and Daubutim walked across the dock bright-eyed and smiling, while Greldo and Bendi followed behind bleary-eyed.
"How can he be this… awake!
"It's his card. You'll get used to it."
Irwin ignored Greldo and Bendi as he looked ahead. Three ships were moored and not the same as he'd seen the previous day. The furthest was their as yet unnamed one. Before that lay the Zura'ix they had arrived with, and closest was the Xi'balak's Tes'sar. The other two ships they had brought in had been taken away somewhere when they slept- he assumed to be dismantled or sold.
Rindiri and Zender were standing at the end of the docks, examining the ship.
"I guess she was curious after all," Irwin said.
Xi'balak was waving at them from his own, and Irwin turned to Daubutim.
"Can you go to him and tell him I need to take care of something for a few minutes?"
"Of course," Daubutim said.
When they reached Xi'balak's ship, Daubutim turned to walk across the gangplank, followed by the others, while Irwin continued to where Rindiri and Zender were waiting for him.
"The ship's nice, but with that sail, it's not going to be moving anytime soon," Rindiri said without a greeting.
Irwin saw from the way she examined the ship that she wasn't impressed. That she didn't say anything worse was a testament that she had no other options.