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It took Syrina two days to get a ship. Longer than she’d have liked. It was a small, fast sloop with the inscrutable name Tar’s Gamble, easy enough to crew with the four of them as long as one of them was Ves and they didn’t hit any storms. Ves had complained about “another f*****g sailboat,” but it didn’t stop him from taking over as erstwhile captain as soon as they were all aboard.
On the trip to Eheene, Syrina told Pasha everything she’d learned. Part of her wondered if she was trying to justify delivering Anna to Ormo, but if he judged her, he hid it well. He just seemed tired. And sad, whether because of Syrina’s actions, his leg, or some less obvious reason she couldn’t tell, and he didn’t say. She wanted to ask him, but she was too afraid of the answer. She tried not t
