Epalong
"Do you want Passengers?" The Captain put his hands in his coat pockets and pulled out a red gem. Then he said He had 15 of them. Only a fool would refuse such a thing. The Captain's wife, Cassy, looked at the Gem in surprise and said Blood Rudy Saffires!! Madness makes you stupidly rich. What is that worth?
The Captain, who was named Killalot, put the ruby back in his pocket and said 223 million platem pieces each and the guy had 15 of them! he cost me 3 of them just for safe passage across the Sea of Sorrows to be dropped off at the port city of Gold Port. He and his party I would have changed him 800gold at most.
Cassy said this is no minor deal; it helps us pay off your debt and get much-needed work done on the ship upgrades we never could afford to undertake until now. You dropped 15 million platem for the girl you saved from slavery; why? Killalot looked at the tiny girl hiding behind some barrels, hardly dressed in rags too big for her.
Killalot said I didn't seem right to leave her in the hands of that crooked merchant; besides, she was rare among her race with powers I had never seen before. If I had to guess, I'd say she was much older than we combined. Cassy noted the kid looks 13. Are you sure? Killalot said perhaps she's no child as tall as her raised will grow; her name is Meia, and this girl holds secrets.
