Chapter 116 A Fateful Decision (1/2)

”What did the old Token guy want?” asked Aegin as he put another sack of medicinal herbs into the cart.

”He offered us jobs on his ship,” Rassa replied.

Aegin paused, ”You're kidding?”

Rassa shook his head, ”He said the only thing he could offer were meals and a pay better than here, but he was willing to take all three of us-”

”We're going,” Aegin said, a grin lighting up his face, ”We're saying goodbye to this dull port on this gods forsaken continent and sailing into the distance”.

Rassa felt his enthusiasm, returning his grin before he spoke, ”Don't you think we should speak to Eb first? I mean there is that dilemma...”

Aegin's smile dropped for a moment. In all honesty, a few days ago he would have proposed they ditch her, but after what they'd talked about the previous night, he couldn't help but feel there really was a reason she was with them.

”Right,” Aegin said, then as he turned to walked away, his frowned deepened, ”What about your...meals?”

Rassa sighed, ”I'll just have to be careful, if we planned on going south we would have had to take a ship either way”.

”But if they-”

”It's a ship, we're all confined to it. Even if they wanted to run before I could erase all their memories they couldn't,” Rassa replied.

”But I think Ewan proved it wasn't as effective as you thought,” Aegin replied.

Rassa waved him off, ”Like I said, I'll be careful”.

Aegin shook his head as he watched Rassa get back to work, he wasn't winning any award for reassurance anytime soon.

***

They received their usual pay that evening and Aegin dragged Ebony towards one of the nearby shops almost immediately.

”Where are we going?” asked Ebony.

”Captain Token offered us jobs on the Miranda,” Aegin replied, ”We're leaving at dawn tomorrow so shouldn't we get supplies?”

Ebony's eyes widened, ”I-”

She looked over her shoulder at Rassa who was following behind them, ”Are you sure?”

Rassa shrugged, ”We just wanted to see if you were okay with it, after all, we'll be stuck on a ship full of men, and seeing as you-”

”I'll be fine,” Ebony replied, ”At least, I'll make do”.

”You know how these ships have a policy against...well you know. What if they find out?” asked Rassa, ”Are you sure you're okay with it?”

Ebony scoffed, rolling her eyes, ”If you're okay with it, then I'm sure my problems are mediocre. To be honest, the only one of us that will get by without any problems is Aegin, and we all know he wouldn't last a day without the two of us”.

Rassa smirked as Aegin spun around, his expression depicting a look of offence, ”I'd do just fine thankyou”.

Ebony sighed, patting Aegin on the shoulder reassuringly, ”You keep believing that. I'm going to go and buy some spare materials. Work on a ship can't be easy, we'll ware through our clothes quicker”.