"It couldn't get thick enough to trap us, could it?"

"That's one question I'd rather we not answer the hard way. A ship this big is hard to row."

The captain finished his soup and left the mess as Monky walked in.

"Heh, Missy. How're things topside?" He fetched a mug of tea and sat across from her.

"Lots of seaweed and small creatures. Crabs mostly. I didn't know there were that many kinds of crab. Fish too, under the weeds. Prof. Orthin has a periscope he uses ...