Janius leaned against the lower end of a mast in the centre of the hold and returned a smile. "Well, as long as you two didn't burn the ship down, I'd call that a victory. Good to hear." Janius crossed his arms and looked thoughtful, "I have a feeling that Meesei may talk to Irenya when she needs to, but we'll see what happens."

Rhazii and Newt ran between Janius and the hammock in the opposite direction to where they came, this time with Rhazii clomping after Newt's tail. Janius' eyes widened and he pushed off the mast to follow after them. That ended the conversation rather abruptly, but the reasons were self-evident.

"I am glad that Rhazii has a friend like Newt," Fendros said with a similar grin to Ahnasha, "With these long journeys, it would be dreadfully lonely otherwise." Fendros breathed in with a new thought and looked at Ahnasha with a pause, but closed his mouth and let it go.