Cal said her farewells to the staff at the hotel, promising again and again to return if she was back this way. Her father collected what little she still had in her room and said he'd meet her aboard ship.

She rode with Pentam down to the dock, then waited with Joliu while Pentam fetched his camera.

He set up on the dock first and took a couple of pictures with the Peregrine in the background. After that he led her up the gangplank and took a couple more with the ...