Repercussions from the Black Lotus
As the next twenty days passed, the warm southerly winds carried them through the calm south seas. They traveled through serene, crystal blue waters where brilliant, multi-colored fish, red, blue, turquoise, and yellow, swam in schools. Kontessa saw whales and blue dolphins and fish that jumped from the water to glide in the air for the first time. The dolphins played with the ship and begged for morsels of bread thrown to them by the crew. One windless day, Kontessa and SunRue dove naked into the water, heedless of the catcalls from the crew. Chagrined, Toyama ordered them to work on the other side of the vessel. Laughing, they went about their work there. The wind picked up the next day, and the crew raised the sails. A week later, the Saki pulled into the port city that was the capita
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