Gallus pulled an impressed frown and nodded. If Urob was telling the truth, even if the ship was laden, they could probably get up the Rumare in no time at all compared to travelling overland.

The navigator did not respond when they entered, so Gallus smiled and introduced himself, "Greetings. I am Gallus, what is your name?" Then, he did not give much of an opportunity to respond before getting down to business. He stepped up to the nearest chart of Senchal's peninsula and traced his finger along the southern coast. "Now, Colours and Meesei, you probably had a better point on us, but I believe we were camped about here?" Gallus asked with his finger at a particular point along the coast. "We can load the cargo there."

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"Oh, right...polite. Yes." Tzirret actually began to calm down and finished laying out the chains he had. When he stood up straight again, he looked at Ma'tanza in front of him for a moment and looked away with a short, relieved chuckle. "Ma'tanza must get such comments a lot," he reasoned, bringing his eyes back to hers.

It dawned on Tzirret that Ma'tanza was probably used to more explicit advances on her. It made Tzirret want to tread more carefully so as not to offend her, but he would not give up completely. "Um..." Tzirret took a breath in and out, "Tzirret is curious. If he may ask...has anyone...won Ma'tanza's heart before?"