Bab 50: Chapter 50: Drydock Part 4

"I don't think so." Cal took one of Crysabel's hands and pulled her around in front. "Sit." She pointed at the other chair. The girl sat with a natural grace, and bit of a pout on her lips.

"You want adventure, you want to rebel against all the things which keep you from living that adventure. But it isn't that easy. I visited the engine room out of boredom. Then a man was killed horribly. I started helping out seriously because I could, and there was no one else." Cal's lips quirked. "I never had a problem getting dirty, much to my mother and father's dismay. Anyway, they trained another man to do the job and I went back to being an artist. Then when our ship got damaged, another man was hurt. A friend of mine. He's blind from being knocked face first onto hot coals."

Crysabel gasped and put her hand to her mouth.

"That's terrible, the poor man."