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Andarien rubbed his eyes again. "Eon gets antsy if I stay in bed too long," he mumbled. "It's better if I don't sleep too late. 'Sides, if I sleep too late then I don't feel good."

He stretched his arms high above his head.

"Nana, is it okay if I let Ponyta out?" he asked, reaching for his goggles, which were hanging on the post of his bunk. He pulled them over his face and adjusted them carefully.

"Mkay," Andarien agreed as he crawled to the edge of the bed and let his feet down.

Once Lin was out the door, he pulled on a pair of pants and a short-sleeved shirt. He didn't bother with his vest or hat, it was too warm for those (or so he thought, not realizing that there would be an ocean breeze making it much cooler outside).

Once he was ready, he opened the door again and stepped out, Eon on his heels.

"I'm ready," he told Lin, much more awake now that he had been doing something.

Andarien peered up at Lin and reached for her hand, tucking his own comfortably in hers. "Don't we have to go outside to get to the galley anyway?" he asked.

He didn't know the layout of the ship, but he was correct: like on the caravel on which they'd traveled the day before, the galley was on the other end of the ship, in the aftcastle rather than the forecastle.

But even as he questioned Lin, his stomach rumbled a bit. He blushed. "Um ... yeah, if we go to the galley can we get something to eat?"

"Okay." Andarien was quite happy with that.

When they opened the door that led to the deck, he reached into his pocket and pulled out his red and white Pokeball. With a press of the button, there was a flash of red light and Ponyta appeared. There were a few more people on deck than there had been a few minutes previous, but the ship was so large that there was still a lot of open space for the Ponyta to run. The Pokemon took advantage of the space and began to run in large circles, getting rid of pent up energy.

Andarien smiled widely, watching the Ponyta run. He always felt bad for keeping it in its pokeball so much, though he knew he really didn't have a choice while they were on the ship.

Andarien pursed his lips thoughtfully. He was hungry, and he wanted to eat, but if breakfast wasn't ready yet anyways, then there wouldn't really be much point in going to the galley. Besides, Ponyta needed to run, and he didn't want it to think it was alone.

"Okay," he agreed. "But if breakfast is ready, come get me, okay?"

He didn't want to be left out, after all.

"Okay," Andarien nodded again. "I'll be ..."

He trailed off and looked around to see where he might sit while his Ponyta was getting rid of energy. River and Jess had gone inside to put the ball away, so there were no other children around.

Finally he turned back to Lin and shrugged. "I'll be somewhere."

And he headed off to sit on the deck and watch his Ponyta run.

Lancaeriel was still standing at the bowsprit, but when she sensed Miyuki approaching she turned and looked at her.

"Good morning," she murmured with a slight smile. "I hope I didn't wake you. I'm afraid I was a bit restless last night."