Tal ignored Koa's yodeled question, more focused on making sure there was enough room to get everyone aboard a boat built for two. He grit his teeth against the inevitable, but Alys's easy catch of the Compass was a momentary relief. Especially when she and Koa disappeared and the Void River Star paused, tentacles wiggling tentatively out and around where its prey had been just a heartbeat before.
And then the Peregrine dipped perilously as two more whole-ass adults appeared on her deck. Alys's head poked over the side a moment later and Tal let go of the rope with one hand to wave up at her. "Just like we've done before. Steer her until we find a clearin' t'set 'er anchor in. She's goin' t'wallow like a pig," he admitted with a grimace. "Leastways til we lose some extra weight. So th'sooner we can find someplace th'better!"
He gave a tense flip of his head to encourage her to head for the wheel and then filled his lungs to yell up to wherever the fuck Koa was on the deck. "Don't touch anythin'! Alys's got this!"
Because the first thing Koa would notice once he was aboard was that the Peregrine definitely wasn't big enough to hold three people. They were pushing her limits as it was, and the little boat likely couldn't take the strain for long.
And then the Peregrine dipped perilously as two more whole-ass adults appeared on her deck. Alys's head poked over the side a moment later and Tal let go of the rope with one hand to wave up at her. "Just like we've done before. Steer her until we find a clearin' t'set 'er anchor in. She's goin' t'wallow like a pig," he admitted with a grimace. "Leastways til we lose some extra weight. So th'sooner we can find someplace th'better!"
He gave a tense flip of his head to encourage her to head for the wheel and then filled his lungs to yell up to wherever the fuck Koa was on the deck. "Don't touch anythin'! Alys's got this!"
Because the first thing Koa would notice once he was aboard was that the Peregrine definitely wasn't big enough to hold three people. They were pushing her limits as it was, and the little boat likely couldn't take the strain for long.
