"I don't mind at all. I'll be in my cabin; let me know if you need anything."

Gren goes off to explore the corners of the ship - the non-dangerous parts, anyway. Maybe she can find a puzzle or doodle on something.

There's still the papers from earlier, including the writing supplies. Other than that, not much, unless she's willing to dig through the boxes.

She will doodle on the papers. Spare paper! and a good pen!

She can't write very well yet, so labeling all her doodles seems like a good idea for practice.

Sarati compliments her on her doodles when she sees them.

The afternoon of the next day, Sarati says, "We're approaching the island of Thyls. I'll need to go up top for this. We can restock here, get some more things for you."

"I don't need many things. I want to try and charge your magic and explore some though."

"There's a bit to explore in the village itself, and the lakes and rivers around it are pretty. There's no sun on this island; instead vents under the ground produce heat, and the lakes are filled with glowing creatures and plants."

"No sun? What's next, a place with no down?"

"I haven't found one yet, but maybe!"

"Is it very cold out though? Do I need a coat? And ooh, do you have a real broom? Random stick isn't very good at flying."

"It's not very cold at all; it tends to stay slightly warm here year-round. I don't have a broom, but we can certainly get one in town."

"The Witch Knights use things that aren't brooms but kind of look like them. They're easier to fly. I don't think a place that doesn't have Witches would have any of those though."

"Could you draw one? If they're not magical, someone might be able to make one."

"Oh, I can try. I don't remember too much about them... And that sounds expensive..."

"Probably depends on how hard they are to make, I guess. Do you want anything else while we're in town? You could use more clothes... Do you want to get books? Any toys?"

"Depends how much money what I have is."

She fetches a small bag from inside her clothes somewhere. It was pretty well hidden.

Out comes a single large silver coin and a few copper ones. They're all pretty crude - the silver one has a portrait on it and the copper ones have an image of a crow.

"I can pay for things, easily enough."

"Not until I used up my courier money."

"Well, how about I pay you to refill the canisters? Since you'll be saving me a lot of money by doing that. I can pay you one hundred silver crescents per canister; one crescent is worth a decent meal. It's not the local currency, but it's accepted most places."

"I don't know how much I can refill them yet, but that sounds fair."

"Well, why don't I get us docked, then you can try?"

Nod, nod.

She goes up, and after a few minutes they slide out of the ley. Thyls glimmers below the stars, buildings lit up softly in blues and greens and purples. It's hard to tell, outside of the village, where the sky ends and the ground begins, since there are little lights like stars scattered over the landscape. 

"Welcome to Thyls," Sarati says, coming back in once she's gotten the ship fully secured and the engines turned off. "Want to go ahead and try charging a canister?"

"Yeah!"

When one is fetched, she touches the end. "Feels like silver."

She pushes magic, looking strained.

It's big, and sucks up her magic greedily. When she's done, Sarati places her palm on the side, sensing the magic inside. "That's exactly what was needed! Thank you. It's about a fifth of the way full, so does twenty silver crescents work?"