A clear piping voice came out of the bulge just beneath the fronds. "Yes? What can I do for you?"
"Captain Collins thought that you might have some information for us."
"Captain Ed Collins? He is a nice man. He gives us fishes. Sometimes they are still wriggling. What information do you require?"
I pointed at Jonas's boat across the water on the other pier. "We're looking for information about the owner of that boat. He's suspected of a crime that we're investigating. We're with the Walsh detective agency. My name is Brock Marsden. This is my partner, Dyami."
"Pleasure in seeing such loveliness," Dyami said with a gesture to Willow-Top’s boat.
"Thank you, Dyami. I don't think I've met one of your kind before."
"It is unlikely," Dyami said. "The Eyotan have only recently visited other
