Edward didn't answer. Rainbow frowned at the insubordination. However, Edward was still very young, so he decided to give him another chance. "I said," he raised his voice to make it clear he was expecting an answer, "that I see you're still capable of steady progress." He thought that to be a much more suitable change. A good captain acknowledge his crew when they did good work.

Edward still wasn't answering. In fact, he seemed to be completely ignoring Rainbow. The little creature strained his ears, just in case Edward was speaking too quietly to be heard. Triumphantly he picked up the sound of the hippocampus' voice. Edward was singing.

"-waves in the ocean, will bring you back to me. Swim, swim my darling, and go learn to be free. When you get too tired, that is when you'll see. All the waves in the ocean, will bring you back to me. Swim, swim my darling-"

Rainbow flicked his fingers at the ocean. Ahead of the ship, an arrow shaped patch of water glowed florescent pink, pointing the way back towards the ship. Thankfully Edward wasn't so absentminded that he missed the cue to turn and look at Rainbow. Rainbow crossed his arms over his chest and did his best to look impatient. "Well you were certainly distracted."

Edward beamed down at him. "Yes! I was singing my comfort song!"

Uncertain how to respond to that, Rainbow blinked. "Right."

Edward took that as an opportunity to explain. "My father use to sing it to us when we wanted to do something brave, but were just a little bit afraid. He use to go on lots of adventures, so we were always trying to impress him! He hasn't gone on any since he gave birth to us, though. So now I'm going on one for him, and when I see him again, I'll tell him all about it and let him know that my comfort song helped me do the best job I can!"

Rainbow could not have cared any less. "How long do you think it will be before we reach shore?"

"I don't know," Edward admitted, "I've never been far enough away to go to your land before. Maybe three days?" He suggested. Rainbow got the distinct impression he was making a wild guess. "That seems like a good distance for land to be!"

Rainbow decided he didn't want to talk to Eddy any more. "Go back to guiding the ship then. When will you need to sleep?"

"I'll sleep when the wind gets stronger. Caleb said that your ship will sail better with a good wind." Edward replied happily. Rainbow nodded his approval and turned away. He decided to stroll up and down the deck some while on watch. From up near the front of the ship he could hear Edward start to sing again. Perhaps, with most of the crew asleep, and Edward fully distracted, now was a good time to practice his illusions.

With a snap of his fingers several nearby ropes twisted into thin snakes. Rainbow turned to select his next target. A small crate changed into a lumpy sack. Carefully he studied the deck. There wasn't much by way of clutter up top, so the pickings were slim. He settled on a large barrel and snapped.

The barrel expanded and darkened into a misshapen boulder. Now came the hard part. Rainbow took a deep breath and slowly began to rotate the bolder. Illusions were easier when you just placed them upon things. Managing multiple illusions was more difficult than one. Controlling one without effecting the rest was his newest challenge. He wasn't very good at manipulating them. Not very good at all. So focused on his work was he that Rainbow didn't hear Caleb approaching from behind. Not until his thoughts were interrupted by a loud yell.

"Rainbow, look out!" Caleb's sword sailed through the air. It connected against the mast with a solid thud. The snake illusion broke as their bodies were severed in half.

"What are you doing!?" Rainbow shrieked, his eyes on the ruined mess of ropes. "Those were what controlled our sails!"