“I doubt it,” replies Jiron. “He’s doing it for Nate’s family, so I think he’d at least give us the courtesy of waiting a little bit.”

“How long do you think it’ll be before we’re back to Cardri?” asks Miko.

“She said probably a couple weeks,” James explains. “We’re not going straight there, but are hitching a ride as they go along their trade route.”

“Oh,” he says.

Sails can be seen on the horizon as they near the docks. Once there, they ask the Harbor Master which ship is Captain Caril’s and he points to a two masted vessel, further down.

“Thank you,” James says to him as they proceed down to the ship.

When they arrive at the Foam Breaker, James hollers up to the ship, “Permission to come aboard?”

A man, obviously the captain by his dress, comes to the gangplank and looks down at them standing there on the dock. “You James?” he asks.

He nods his head. “That’s me, and this is Miko and Jiron.” he says, indicating the others standing next to him.

“Come aboard,” the captain says before turning and moving back away from the gangplank.

As they start walking up the gangplank, he begins shouting orders to his crew and the lines are cast off. Once they’re on board, the gangplank is pulled in. The mainsail gets unfurled and the ship begins to move as the wind fills it. The helmsman turns the wheel and the ship pulls away from the dock on its way to open water.

“We appreciate you taking us on,” James says to the captain.

“You’re welcome,” he replies in between barking out orders. Turning his attention back to them, he says, “There’s a room at the stern you can use while you’re aboard. There are some goods stored there, sorry about that, but it’s used as an auxiliary storage compartment.”

“Thank you,” James says. “I’m sure it’ll be fine.”

Nodding, the captain adds, “Just stay out of the crews way and we’ll get you where you need to go.”