Joseph drew his hands away as Elissa stirred and began to awaken, she smiled at him but seemed to be in no better condition than himself. She released her grip from the ring as she rolled over to vomit - Joseph winced, the scotch certainly did make her ill.. he’d send one of the cabin boys to clean up later. Despite her poorly condition, Elissa began to interrogate him about the ring, [i]well, there was no denying it now..[/i]

“Alright, I have it” Joseph groaned, he lay on his back and brought his hands up to rub his face with some defeat, he sighed and placed his hands on his belly, he glanced at Elissa, “I… wasn’t ready for you to know about it” he admitted.

Joseph cleared his throat and looked away, “not long after you got here, I think” he replied as Elissa questioned him, the Captain gave a short sarcastic chuckle like a hard outward breath, “don’t worry about Rhea” he said calmly, he hadn’t yet glanced at Elissa again, but observed her as she tried to rise from the bed and fall back down weakly. She turned to him and he met her gaze, he was quiet for a moment as he studied her weary expression, “we’re going to.. set you down in France” he replied diplomatically, but there was a shred of guilt in his voice.

It was early morning but the sun had already risen some time ago, light peered through some small gaps between a few slightly warped planks of the ship’s body. The ship seemed lively in her movements, Joseph was sure she was moving.

The ship was moving?

[i]Rhea..[/i]