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If he does that, will they both end up on The Whiffling Blackbird? And if that happens, she won’t have the chance to talk to him at all today.
How can she orchestrate a dialogue? Or even just create a calm space so that she can read his mind? She wants to instruct TallyBen to ensure that MickeyWarr is assigned to her ship The Frumious Bandersnatch, but she can’t make it that obvious.
This is a new experience for Slender. Actually taking an interest in a man. She’s not been keen on any of the pirates, and she hasn’t seen an attractive man since she left school more than three years ago.
The other new, and depressing experience is that of feeling helpless. Normally she can simply ask for anything she wants. As long as it’s within the confines of the BlackCircle she can get it. But, she can’t ask to meet a man whose name she doesn’t even know.
What would Merlin suggest?
He’d only tell her to start thinking for herself.
How can she escape this wretched lifestyle, and be herself again?
There’s a familiar noise. The hairs on the back of MickeyWarr’s neck stand on end. His heart misses a beat. He starts breathing faster than normal. The sound of horses’ hooves is coming closer. Lots of horses’ hooves. Two horses? Maybe four?
Two fully loaded wagons round the corner, four horses in total, each wagon with one steersman. The horses are brought to a sudden halt. But they’re frustrated, chomping at the bit, unable to settle immediately.
Four workmen rush to the wagons and haul back the tarpaulins, revealing large wooden barrels. MickeyWarr recognises these. Fresh drinking water. Probably for today’s mission. Are the wagons also carrying food?
Clawing at the ground, the lead horse is angry. She wants water, and the water trough is three metres away. She strains forward. The second horse is ready for water too and needs no
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