(TFT) SOLO III, part 046

["David Michael Grouchy II" <david_michael_grouchy_ii@hotmail.com>]

Solo III
Demon World
Part 046

    Many of the prisoners are children.  Some are Mates.  All told there 
are about sixty kids, and fifteen mates.  In addition there are five 
captured marines.  They are all shackled at the legs.  The marines are 
shackled at the wrists as well.
    Back on the Shark's Belly the last body is searched then rolled 
overboard.  Now mates from the Triangle start moving about and reading the 
ship to sail.  It has a big belly, and they seem quite pleased with the 
cargo they find there.
    The last of the prisoners is stowed in the hold of the Triangle.  It is 
late in the evening and the sun is just starting to touch the horizon.  On 
the other side of the world the flashes of the electrical storm start 
showing their colors.
    Uncle turns to Gail and Ada.  "I need to talk to you two in your 
cabin."  Ada frowns at this.  The three of you go down below decks.

    In the cabin Uncle says "Gail, your dragon has fallen asleep.  I think 
you have been using it to sneak around the ship and find out the private 
vices of all the crew.  And you have gotten to where you don't like them too 
much.  But just because you have searched out their private little sins 
doesn't mean you can condem them."
    Uncle circles around and rests one leg on the table.  His other foot 
still on the deck of the room.  He rests his hands in his lap, cupped, with 
the dragon heart laying in his gloved hand.  Gail and Ada just stand there 
on either side of the closed door.  Vanity mirrors behind them.
    "When is the last time your dragon looked at the stars.  Ada here has 
taken her dragon to check on Rebecca and the kids almost every night.  But 
your dragon travels less far every night, staying closer and closer to you.  
Till this past week it hasn't even left the ship."  Uncle sighs.  "Now, I 
understand your curiosity about the people around you.  But your little 
display up on deck has forced me to ask you a question."
    Uncle fixed Gail with his eyes.  "Both of you."  He looks to Ada.  "Why 
haven't either of you used your dragon to return some of the kids home."  
Uncle looks back to Gail.  "And why are you mad at me, because your dragon 
is going to sleep."

David Michael Grouchy II

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