Chapter 600: Right Sea Hands Ability (1/2)
After the hearty feast, the sea otters worked hard. Everyone was called to hasten the wood cutting and treatment for Zero's ship.
While the experienced shipwright made the necessary preparations, Zero and Truen found themselves engaged in a high-level discussion with the Sea Hand brothers. As promised, Docky would help them narrow down Indra Seagloo's possible location using Pocky's findings.
”These are old sightings,” Docky grunted, and Pocky shot his brother a glare.
”Shut up! If you don't want them, then just burn it!”
It hasn't even been a day since they were reunited, but already, they were fighting. Zero couldn't help but wonder if family was like this. It didn't matter how far or how long they were apart. When they were together, it felt as if time never changed. Zero was a little envious of how close they were.
With the help of the globe and a lot of bragging on Docky's side, the Sea Hand brothers started to analyse the positions of strange activity sightings. The information might be outdated, but with Pocky's observations and Docky's analysis, they quickly saw a pattern.
”Here are the observations you have from more than ten years ago,” Docky said and pulled over a new map.
”Here are the observations I made over the years by watching the stars and reading the wind. If we cross out the new spots that do not match this route, we can safely say that Indra Seagloo is like a migratory bird. It travels to avoid certain conditions.”
Nobody knew what those conditions were or why Indra Seagloo shifted locations so frequently throughout the year. However, it was safe to say that the underwater city did not travel very quickly. Wherever Indra Seagloo went, there would be a huge decrease in seafood in the area and some reports of missing people. Often, there will be sightings of strange wave patterns and even whirlpools.
”There are similarities from the observations a few years back and the present moment. We can follow a few routes to determine Indra Seagloo's next possible camping spot.”
Docky's assistant came into the room with new copies of the maps and left quickly. Truen looked at Zero, who seemed deep in thoughts. Lately, Zero had more moments where he would space out. He didn't know what was going through Zero's mind because the doctor would normally pretend that everything was alright when he was asked. The Great Gods were also slightly concerned, but nobody did anything about it. If Zero didn't want them to help, there wasn't much they could do apart from being there for him.
The possible routes were drawn on the new maps, and Docky explained that he didn't know where the real underwater city was. Yet, his explanations for the three possible routes made a lot of sense. Even Mii was impressed by the shipwright's explanation.
”You gathered all that from watching the stars, sea and wind?” Truen couldn't help but be impressed. Pocky wasn't joking when he said his older brother was a brilliant navigator.
Docky blushed. ”It's nothing. Master Malik would be able to find out at once where Indra Seagloo truly was. He wouldn't need to analyse route patterns like me to give three closest guesses. Compared to him, the rest of us sea otters have a long way to go.”