He set the papers down gently, swung the telescopes until they were tucked under his arm, and his other gear rested by his feet. Yannick spent a moment considering before he nodded, turned, and to Clarissa's surprise, managed to disassemble the assorted items in his arms rather adroitly. 'How about I carry that, and you eat? I promise to take good care of it, and it won't leave your sight,' she offered. Clarissa noticed that the navigator's arms were laden with gear, including two different telescopes and a bag full of tightly collected paper. Yannick stared at the bowl in Clarissa's hands for a long, awkward moment. 'Clarissa, I wasn't expecting - oh food.' She was humming to herself by the time she reached Yannick's door and raised her hand to it almost eagerly.Īnd nearly struck Yannick in the face as he opened the door. 'Does the captain know about our plan to report Clarissa as lost to the winds, and make her part of the crew?' Anita asked, to another round of laughter.Ĭlarissa shut the door and walked down the hall towards Yannick cabin in a much lighter mood than she had started dinner. As she opened it she heard one more jest, this time at her expense. Minus the big hat,' Mercy said.Ĭlarissa chuckled at Mercy's joke, picked up the bowl, and moved to the door. He's less human, and more the personification of the idea of a ship captain.

Endless sky hunt down