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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dr Simon" data-source="post: 6360520" data-attributes="member: 21938">Yings crew work quickly in loading on board supplies and making sure that the ship is ready to sail at a moments notice. As dusk is beginning to fall, a party of five men approach the Shadow Lark. At their head is a broad-shouldered man, a hard-bitten look to him and a crocodile skin worn around his shoulders. You note his left hand has been replaced by a hook."So this is the ship?" he says, to no-one in particular."Aye sir," says Ying brightly. "She's all I've got, but she's mine. And may I enquire as to who is asking after her?""Fayyam al-Korus," says hook-hand. "Bloodhawk Captain," he adds in a quieter voice. Not quiet so that no-one can here, more to make himself sound more menacing."Captain ... al-Korus," says Ying. "We had the pleasure of meeting one of your compatriots earlier, he said you might be paying us a visit. We were merely wondering what the price would be for safe passage through the Tuuma Strait."al-Korus ignores him and looks over the ship, and the passengers. He snorts."Doesn't look much of a prize," he says. "But then, appearances can be deceptive. You wouldn't be the first captain to try to escape attention by making his ship look like a pile of crap. These are the passengers?" he points his hook at Mal. Ying nods."Aye sir, they are.""You there," he addresses Mal directly. "What's your business in the Tuuma Strait?"</blockquote>