Guts and Sass: The Ocean - 1
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metraylorThe Ocean - 1
"STOWAWAAAAAAAAY!"
Straightening from the railing, Alan turned toward the bellowed alarm emanating from the cabin, the tattered fragments of their conversation hanging in the air. Beside him Shenele jerked in the same direction, hand stealing to his knife. Erue adjusted his stance, but didn't reach for his.
"Shenele, organize the watch. Erue, with me," Alan ordered, then ran. Shenele shouted across the deck, and the faces that had been turned toward the cabin swept to him, then in pairs turned out over the water.
Ducking under the frame of the hatch, Alan found Jovrec struggling a stranger into knots.
"Ow." She craned her head up to look at him through her hair. "Ow?”
"She's a breeder," Jovrec said, looping the cordage between her wrists and weaving it into the knot. "Look." He leaned forward, pressing his knee into the small of her back, and grabbed her hair to jerk her head back.
"Ow!"
Grass eyes.
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"STOWAWAAAAAAAAY!"
Straightening from the railing, Alan turned toward the bellowed alarm emanating from the cabin, the tattered fragments of their conversation hanging in the air. Beside him Shenele jerked in the same direction, hand stealing to his knife. Erue adjusted his stance, but didn't reach for his.
"Shenele, organize the watch. Erue, with me," Alan ordered, then ran. Shenele shouted across the deck, and the faces that had been turned toward the cabin swept to him, then in pairs turned out over the water.
Ducking under the frame of the hatch, Alan found Jovrec struggling a stranger into knots.
"Ow." She craned her head up to look at him through her hair. "Ow?”
"She's a breeder," Jovrec said, looping the cordage between her wrists and weaving it into the knot. "Look." He leaned forward, pressing his knee into the small of her back, and grabbed her hair to jerk her head back.
"Ow!"
Grass eyes.
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