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Secretly, Sedna was rather enjoying seeing the Polaris knight rather out of her element. She made a masterful show of concealing said amusement, and also made it a point to never be looking at her directly. Just out of the corner of her eye, and fighting the urge to twitch her lips up. Sedna inclined her head in the knight's direction when she addressed her, but kept her eyes ahead on the port.

"I always travel the most efficient way on the waters, Beringia." Which was the long way of saying no. "Worry not. We'll be docking soon." Not soon enough, she was sure, for Shiva. It was a routine trip. A delivery in exchange for some goods, and they wouldn't be here long. Just overnight, while the ship was loaded, and then they'd be setting back out the next day.

"Noted." She replied lightly. Did she really note it though? No. She didn't. "I'm afraid to inform you, Beringia, that you wouldn't take kindly to the planet Sedna at all." Her lips quirked up briefly. "Even the land there bobs."

Sedna inclined her head towards the mariner at the helm, murmuring instructions to him before he nodded in reply and called out to the fellow crew to prepare for docking. The woman's head tilted the other way once more to regard the knight who managed to pull herself together enough to see them dock. "Wherever do you get that notion?" Her expression had easily slipped back into it's controlled and neutral look. A brow quirked as she waited, and all around them, the crew was suddenly moving in a loud flurry as they prepared to dock.

Or she'd end up withering away because nausea got the best of her. Stern was of that opinion. "Companions, hm?" She echoed. "My, that is quite the warm endearment from business partners. Ah, Beringia, I have never taken anything of you lightly." At the brutally honest comment, Sedna would help but lightly smirk.

"It's amusement you won't indulge in." She paused for a moment. "I'm never out of my element." It was a statement she felt rather confident making, and briefly she turned her attention to briefly over see how the docking procedures were going. "Once we're docked and the paperwork is settled, will you be lodging in the city this evening?"

From their past time together, Shiva would know that no matter where Stern went, she always stayed the night on her ship, in her Captain's quarters. Always.

"I'm not certain whether to be flattered or concerned." The senshi mused in regards to that Beringia went out with her more than her own knights. She supposed though, secretly, that she was flattered. Also awed and fascinated with this idea of chivalry and knighthood. She had come across knights prior to Beringia, yes, but she had never worked so closely with one before, especially since Sedna had no knights of her own...

This idea of being protected...

"If that pleases you." Sedna replied, but was pleased, deep down. "You can retain your guest cabin for the night, then." She smirked a bit at the land comment, and soon enough the action of docking took place. They docked with ease, of course, having done this a plethora of times, and paperwork and talking over the matters with the crew and officials of the port always went well. Sedna always had her stuff together. After their work was done, the crew had been given their leave for the evening, and all of them abandoned ship to go spend the night in the port as they saw fit.

They were an excellent crew. They deserved it.

With matters settled, and the ship blissfully quiet, Sedna had retired to her cabin for the evening. She was seated at her large orange wood desk, dressed down to her slacks, dress shirt and vest as she wrote in her log book, recording the day's events. Nearby, the chef had been so kind as she prepare dinner for her before leaving, but for now, she left it alone. As she wrote, she couldn't help but wonder if Beringia was enjoying her stretch on land, and the thought brought a small smile to her lips as she wrote.

She had heard the foot steps, but didn't look up as her door opened. Instead, she smirked, amused. "Beringia." She greeted, not skipping a beat with her writing. "Are we so close now that we're beyond knocking?" Stern inquired. "I could have been changing. That would have been indecent."

Done teasing, for the moment---just for the moment---she replied:

"Logging the day's events. Did you find your land legs?"

The slap had garnered her attention again, and she glanced up, eyeing the other woman's thighs a bit longer than what was considered polite, before focusing back on her writing. "That is always good." She murmured, her head tilted as she listened, but still writing. "It would have been rude." Ah, another tease, and finally finished. Stern placed her quill back in it's holder and sat back against her chair. She eyed Shiva for a moment, making a small amused sound as the knight helped herself to her dinner, and reached up to pull off her glasses. She set them carefully on the desk, and then proceeded to rub the marks they left with her fingers, her eyes closing.

She normally wouldn't be this relaxed, or even this informal around another, but something had occurred to her as of late. With the exception of her crew, Shiva was the next she had just so happened to spend a significant amount of time with, which allotted some closeness and an ease to not be so structured around her...

And since she seemed to be making herself at home in her quarters for a time, Stern wasn't going to wait to indulge in her small satisfactions. She started to undo the tight braid holding her hair back next. "Because business has been concluded, and there's nothing that interests me in the city. I'm more at ease where the surface rocks, anyways." The braid and bun had come undone, and the woman started to comb her fingers through her loose hair, enjoying the free feeling.

"Are you happy you're returning to Polaris soon?" She asked, glancing at the woman.

Content with her hair, Stern moved on to undoing her cravat, pulling the broach off and un-knotting the fabric underneath. She was quiet, as she quietly marveled at this rather odd situation. Odd in that she honestly had never been around another who wasn't native to Sedna for this long, and would continue to be so. As she mused about it, she found that she was...somewhat fond, she supposed, of greeting the woman every day, and speaking to her, and the fact that it wouldn't come to a stop anytime soon...

It was...pleasant.

"Why would I reject you, hm?" She asked lightly, pulling the cravat from around her neck now and folding it neatly. She placed it on the side of her desk, and placed her broach on top of it. "It's a very beneficial arrangement between your city and Sedna, and as there are nothing but perks, I have no complaint." Among other things. She smirked briefly at the comment. "Well, if you're to be around for some time to come, then yes, you just might." Stern paused for a moment, reclining back in her chair and steepling her fingers.

"You've been away from your city for quite some time though---more so than you have been from other expeditions you've told me of..." She tilted her head, a brow arching. "Is there no one back home who will miss you?"