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[Swordstar]

Gareth took a step back, stunned at the appearance of the boy. He looked... He couldn't be Robert. There was no way. Robert was dead. But except for the hair... He shuddered and turned away, walking away from the boy not believing that someone could look so similar to the brother that had been dead for years...

[SeriousConcentrate]

Valerie squatted down and pet the boy like he was a younger Mauthe Doog.

"There, there, li'l buddy! It's not all bad!"

"Why, I've been sailing most of my life! Once you get used to it, it's great!"

"I'm sure you'll get your 'sea legs' in no time. Oh! My name is Valerie Lebelle. What's your name, little guy?"

[F.O.E.]

"My name's Peter, Miss Valerie."

As the commotion was dying down, Rydell and Isaac finally made it above deck. Rydell went to check up on his wyvern which had landed itself at the bow while Isaac investigated the dispersing crowd of crew members; eventually spotting Peter by Valerie. To say he was upset was an understatement.

"Peter! Why in Eclipse's name are you here of all places?"

Peter looked to Valerie as if she would give him salvation.

[SeriousConcentrate]

"Good to meet you, Peter!"

"Captain Jack wants you to work, so come on! I'll teach you how to clean fish when you catch 'em!"

Valerie's tail wagged eagerly as she stood, holding her hand out for Peter to hold on to... but just then, they were interrupted by a blond Mauthe Doog. Val stopped wagging her tail and sniffed at him instead.

"Ah, hello. My name is Valerie. Peter's here to work! I'm going to teach him how to clean fish so we can cook 'em. So you believe in Eclipse too? What's your name? I haven't seen one of my kind that I wasn't related to in months."

The stream-of-consciousness babble ended with an abrupt yip of a bark and Valerie covered her mouth with an embarrassed expression. Her tail gave a nervous wag.

"Er, sorry..."

[F.O.E.]

Isaac (literally) shrugged off how much Peter being made to work bothered him.

"Yeah, might as well believe in him. And my name's Isaac, nice to meet you, Valerie. Mind if I help with the fish? Can't help but feel Peter here is partly my responsibility."

He smirked at her outburst, finding it mildly amusing.

"Still having those at your age?"

[SeriousConcentrate]

"I never really grew out of it! I've always been a little excitable. Um, yeah. I'm a Uytinitarian myself."

"I don't mind. The commander always said many hands make light work! Between the three of us we'll get the fish cleaned in no time!"

"Hmm. Well, the two of us, anyway. I don't know if we have enough knives for all three of us and maybe it would be a bad idea to give a small child a knife if he isn't used to one."

"But we can still show him! The galley is this way."

Valerie set off toward it.

[Haspen]

But Andala stood in Valerie's way, staring at her. Then the overtly jewellerized priestess reached up... and touched the floppy ears.

"*squee* You're THE cutest Mauthe Doog I ever saw! I'm Andala. What's your name?"

[SeriousConcentrate]

Valerie stopped and immediately moved her head to try to intercept Andala's hand and keep it on her ear.

"Scratch there. Right there. That's good. Hi, Andala! I'm Valerie."

Her tail, which had been still for awhile, immediately started wagging again.

[Haspen]

"Naw, Isaac might get jealous. And he is my preferred doogie at the moment." And lo, Isaac's ears were then scratched too. No escape from Andala.

[SeriousConcentrate]

"Awww.... oh well. We're supposed to be working. Maybe time later for ear scratching. It's always better when someone else does it for you."

Valerie scratched her own ear, but it just wasn't the same.

"Anyway, good to meet you, miss Andala!"

[F.O.E.]

Isaac followed Valerie and Peter tagged along behind the two of them like a lost pup, accidently bumping into Isaac when he suddenly stopped as Andala began petting Valerie and then moved onto him. Unfortunately for Andala his reaction was very much the same as previous pet attempts in that there was no reaction. Peter, on the other hand, seemed mystified at the variance of the reactions.

"Wow, it's like looking at a puppy and it's grumpy dad!"

[SeriousConcentrate]

"I wonder how much older Isaac is. I'm nineteen. I've only been in the army for a year but I've lived in Pasive my whole life. Or maybe it's because Isaac is male. My little brothers are all kinda the stern quiet type too. Then again Cecile is kinda shy around humans. Maybe it's just me."

Val accidentally bashed her tail against Peter's shoulder as she absentmindedly wagged it before realizing and stopping.

"Sorry! Shall we go on?"

[Haspen]

"Haha! But I don't think Isaac is a dad yet." She then looked at Valerie.

"I will bother you doogies some other time, then." And with that, she walked to enjoy the sights at the port side.

[SeriousConcentrate]

"OK, we'll see you at dinner tonight then!"

[F.O.E.]

"Only two years then, I'm 21." He shrugged. "I've never really paid attention to it more than I know humans like to do it." He gave Andala a slight wave. "Later."

"It's okay!" Peter said, still smiling at his analogy from before.

"Lead the way, you probably know it better than I do."