Yarri was lost in her thoughts, leaning against the railings. At first, she didn’t even notice that the Muran, who had been sick for almost entire journey, was talking to her. Her first instinct was to just turn around and walk away, but that was one of the many problems on the ship – there was nowhere to run. There were people of all races, genders and ages everywhere. There was no place to hide, someone would always come and tried to talk to her.

“I am not sick,” she growled, hoping he would just leave her alone. But he seemed like on of those annoying [i]‘friendly[/i]’ people. Shaela sprinted around, and Yarri gave a sharp whistle, calling the cougar back to her. “You seem to be enjoying yourself a bit too much,” she said to the animal. Shaela naturally didn’t respond, she just tilted her head, watching her, probably wondering whether her master is really angry, or just grumpy as usual. “Please just try not to scare anyone to death,” Yarri said, gesturing Shaela to go.

She turned back to the vast ocean, noticing that the man who spoke to her is looking at her. Was he actually smiling? Was he actually expecting some longer answer from her? Well he sure as hell wasn’t getting it.

“I’m not sick, I just don’t like boats,” she caught herself saying. [i]‘What the hell am I doing? This stupid ocean must have driven me crazy,’[/i] she thought. “I don’t like all the space around. You are trapped on a tiny piece of wood in the middle of nothing. There is nowhere to hide.” The longest speech she gave in a long time. Probably the longest one ever.

She closed her eyes. At least the wind was nice. It smelled different than what she was used to, but still the feeling of her hair flying around her face was very pleasant. She sighed, wishing she were somewhere on solid ground with trees around her.

The man wanted to respond, but had to turn back to the railings. Yarri wondered how is it possible that he still has some organs left inside his body, he seemed to be throwing up ever since the ship left the harbor. She was grateful she wasn’t sick as well. The boat’s movement was annoying, and it took some time to learn to walk around without tottering from wall to wall, but fortunately her stomach was just fine.