"Did you check with the Captain?" Thomas looked up for a moment.

"Henrichs said it should be OK. We haven't seen any of the serpents this far out. If something grabs the line, I'll let it go."

Cal set up to draw Pentam fishing. He tossed the line out gracefully and let it sink before hauling

it up and doing again. On the third cast he caught a fish. He snapped its neck and kept on fishing. By the time the sun had moved to the west, he had a pile of fish on the ...