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"Thanks," Leyenda grinned, taking the spear from Lin. It was nothing fancy, a simple metal spear with a barbed tip, and in the back end of it there was a thin line tied to it. "But you might want to sit back now," she added, moving to the bow of the boat.

Roydon let the oars trail in the water, slowing them down and stopping them. "Lin," he said softly, "you may want to hold onto your cat, just in case."

"Well that's where the fish that you love so much live," Leyenda grinned. She braced one foot against the edge of the boat and leaned forward slightly, balancing the spear in her hand. "And it takes hours to get them from the docks. Boat's the best way to get them."

Her muscles were tense, she was ready to throw the spear at any moment, but she looked very natural while she was standing there.

"Water's not bad," Earendil chuckled at Senka. "Without it, we die. We who live in the desert know that better than anyone."

Earendil chuckled. "Are you planning on coming with us on our long voyage?" he asked Senka in amusement. "That's going to be a very long trip with more water than land, I think."

At that moment, Leyenda thrust the spear into the water with hardly a ripple, but the movement rocked the boat slightly. "Got one," she grinned, and she began to pull on the line, tugging the spear back up, but with a bit more difficulty than if it were just a spear.

Earendil laughed. "Then you better get used to this," he winked at her.

"Oh, you don't feel the rocking so much on a ship," Leyenda grinned as she pulled in her catch. "It's as stable as the house! Except in storms, then not so much."

She yanked the fish overboard. "Ooohhhh, a big one," she grinned. "Earendil, open the side hatch?"

Earendil did as he was asked, and Leyenda tossed the fish into the storage area. "Okay, close it again," she grinned; and then she positioned herself to prepare for another throw.

Roydon grinned proudly. "Leyenda's been fishing since she was old enough to swim," he told the others. "She was born on a ship, too, if that says anything."

"Senka, if you leave that fish alone I'll let you have a small one to yourself," Leyenda bribed the cat, her eyes on the water, searching out her next target.

Roydon shrugged. "At that time, I went along to trade with the humans," he explained. "I wasn't about to leave Arwen alone like that. And she wanted to come."

Leyenda grinned, her eyes sparkling brightly. "I'm going to live on a ship when I grow up," she told the others, her eyes focused on the water. "I want to go everywhere, see everything!"

Leyenda grinned. "Papa told me about the trip you're going to take, and that he and Mother are going with," she told Lin. "Do you really think they would go anywhere without me?"

Suddenly she threw the spear again, and once more she came up with a rather sizable fish. This one struggled as she drew it onto the boat, and she pinned it to the floor of the boat and jammed her thumb into its eye. It stopped moving immediately, and with a grin, she tossed it into the hatch with the first one.

"Paralyzed it," she grinned at the others.

Leyenda tilted her head at Senka. "Yeeees," she said slowly. "That's how you paralyze a fish." She didn't know how it worked, all she knew was that it did. Something about brain and ... well, she didn't particularly care about that part.

"Leyenda," Roydon called to her, "you should close the hatch when you're not putting a fish in there. They'll dry out too quickly in the sun."

Leyenda turned obediently and closed the hatch, and as she turned towards the bow of the ship again, she paused and looked at Lin. "Would you like to try it?" she asked, holding out the spear to her.