It was clear Lucien had interrupted something Faolan was doing, but he quickly disregarded it. That wasn't important right now. [color=burlywood]"That's right."[/color] He said almost proudly, before he shut the door behind him and walked over to his cot to take a seat on it again. 

[color=burlywood]"I talked to the officer on the ship and explained what happened—"[/color] He paused. [color=burlywood]"—With um.. a couple changes to the story here and there, to make it more believable. I kind of said the men had already been fighting among themselves for the money when we got there.. You told me the Englishmen would say anything to make us look bad so.. I just kept that in mind so it wouldn't look like it was a one sided fight between you and six men. Instead we kind of just took advantage of the chaos to get my things back and you didn't have to fight as many..."[/color] He muttered, his voice slightly more quiet since this was the part he wasn't proud of. He didn't really like lying but, it couldn't be helped in this situation.

[color=burlywood]"Good news, the Englishmen probably won't bother us anymore, bad news.. you're probably fired.. but your passage is dealt with so you won't get in trouble for that either. I made sure the officer knew that you really helped me out."[/color] He explained, hoping he wouldn't get mad about that. Lucien had kind of made that decision without consulting him but.. in the moment doing that was the only thing he could think of to guarantee Faolan wouldn't get into any trouble, both for the fight, and for not being able to work for the payment to this voyage. 

[color=burlywood]"Also, the officer was French, and he didn't seem to like the fact that Englishmen were going around throwing slander so.. that kind of helped. For once I think looking like this has worked out in my favor."[/color] He said a little jokingly.