The Starfollowers of Coramonde
“We grappled Occhlon vessels nigh, And gave our brief, complete reply, “Pikes, cutlasses, and board!”
from “The Southwastelanders’ War,”
a Mariner song GIL came up the gangway just after sunrise, thankful to find the Gal’s deck firm under foot, forgetting she was still quayside on a quiet stretch of river.
He went to Gale-Baiter, who stood calmly by the rail. “Anything I can do?”
“Only in giving these lads room. We are overdue for rendezvous with the fleet, and shall back-and-fill down this ri...ver. At least the ebb tide’s with us.” He sniffed the air. “It be against a head wind, though.”
The American didn’t know what any of that meant. He kept out of the way, along with his saddlebags and the wrapped bundle of Dirge. Crewmen were freeing berthing hawsers from their bollards, while men in a longboat readied to warp the Long-Dock Gal into the current. The harpooner was bawling orders aloft; Gale-Baiter’s first officer had been lost in sea battle, and Wavewatcher was serving in his stead.MoreLess
from “The Southwastelanders’ War,”
a Mariner song GIL came up the gangway just after sunrise, thankful to find the Gal’s deck firm under foot, forgetting she was still quayside on a quiet stretch of river.
He went to Gale-Baiter, who stood calmly by the rail. “Anything I can do?”
“Only in giving these lads room. We are overdue for rendezvous with the fleet, and shall back-and-fill down this ri...ver. At least the ebb tide’s with us.” He sniffed the air. “It be against a head wind, though.”
The American didn’t know what any of that meant. He kept out of the way, along with his saddlebags and the wrapped bundle of Dirge. Crewmen were freeing berthing hawsers from their bollards, while men in a longboat readied to warp the Long-Dock Gal into the current. The harpooner was bawling orders aloft; Gale-Baiter’s first officer had been lost in sea battle, and Wavewatcher was serving in his stead.MoreLess
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