Tangle in the Dark - Kassidor

She spent the day, like all the other days at sea, sitting infront of the mast with her back against it. Patass was in thebow, the other two were at opposite rails, just ahead of her inthe little bathtub they were sailing. The canal gliders inKassidor Yakhan were closer to the casino ships she saw onmedia as a mortal than this boat. The average fishermancherub in Alan’s universe had more boat than this. It was justabout the size of the chop out here. Out on the sea, she sawthe islands going by faster, the farther in the distance they are.She shouldn’t have looked at that, it really spun her stomachthis morning. At least she made it to the rail this time beforeshe heaved.They all laughed again, even Patass, but he smiled andcaressed her shoulder when he did. He wet a cloth and wipedher down. She heard some of the same lines she heard whenhe was bathing her and she was finishing up her constructionof this hangover. She hung her head and started to crawl backto her position by the mast, but Patass’ arm went around herwaist and drew her up to sit on his lap. She got on it,somewhat more steady than she was the night before, andacted out throwing up on him again.He shouted and thru her up in the air. She almost wentoverboard, over the soldier sitting next to him. She had toland on him to prevent it. Her head did not want this tohappen, reminding her once again that she’d never drankwithout her med panel before. She was way too young tohave tried alcohol when she died, never tried it til she had a397