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Earendil glanced down at Lin as she yawned, then chuckled and put one arm around her shoulders, pulling her closer to him so that she could lean against him. "Maybe you should nap after all," he murmured softly. "You're still tired."

Rhea watched the two silently, though her eyes were sparkling brightly with amusement.

Earendil chuckled softly. "Well, we're hardly moving so far," he smiled down at her, "though I'm sure we'll be going faster soon enough. Besides, tonight we'll have to unload these ships into the other one that we'll be taking ..."

Unless they just slept on the ship tonight and loaded it the following morning, which was a possibility.

Earendil smiled and squeezed Lin's shoulder slightly. "Shall I take you below deck?" he asked her.

There would be plenty of opportunity to watch the sailing later on, and from what he knew of the land, there wouldn't be much scenery to watch but sand, sand, and more sand, until they reached the other ship.

"Will there be room on the bed?" Rhea asked as Earendil turned to help Lin towards the cabin. "With Whisper, Shiro, Kaito and Ura all sleeping there ..."

Suddenly Leyenda came up behind them, Celeb at her side. "You're looking for a place to sleep?" she asked them. "My bunk is free, if you like."

Celeb tugged on her arm possessively. "Not going without me," he pouted up at her.

Leyenda giggled. "Not me, Celeb, for them."

"This way," Leyenda smiled, motioning for Earendil and Lin to follow her and Celeb. She led the way to the aft deck, and took them through a door into the interior of the ship. They went down a short set of steps into the galley, which seemed little more than a fireplace at the back of the room with cupboards and counters all around it; through a door in the same wall as the steps, and into the first deck, which was half filled with barrels and crates, and had some hammocks set up for the crew.

There was a small doorway towards the stern of the ship, and it was to this doorway that Leyenda led them. "Here's my quarters," she told them, opening the door to show them a room that barely seemed to have any space. There was a bunk built into the side wall, a small porthole on the back wall, and just enough space to stand up and get dressed in. Clothes would have to be stored in the cabinets below the bunk, and there was a tiny shelf just above it.

"It's not much," Leyenda smiled ruefully, "but it's quiet."

Leyenda smiled widely, glad that Lin liked it. "I'm glad," she murmured. "You just rest then, and when you wake again come on up on deck. Careful though, by that time we'll be going far more quickly than we are now."

Earendil let go of Lin so that she could head to the bunk, since there wasn't even space in the room for the both of them. "I'll let Senka know where you are, so that she doesn't accuse us of kidnapping you or something," he grinned. "Rest well, Lin."

After a few hours, even Whisper ventured out on deck. It had taken her a while to get used to the gentle rocking of the ship, but once she found her sea legs she found it wasn't too bad - as long as she didn't pay too much attention to the fact that they were indeed out on a river. Still, once she was out on deck, she stayed away from the edge of the ship, choosing instead to watch Rhea from afar as her mistress talked with Earendil and Leyenda.

After a while, once Celeb was convinced that his sister wasn't going to be going anywhere without him, he wandered over to Whisper and started petting her, keeping an eye on Leyenda from there.

The three nekos were indeed still fast asleep, but when Lin entered the cabin Kaito's ear twitched slightly. He cracked one eye open, then rolled over onto his side. "Hey," he called softly to Lin, trying not to wake his brothers, "how far are we?"

He blinked at her sleepily, his yellow eyes slightly misty.