SOLO III
Demon World
Part 046
Many of the prisoners are children. Some
are Mates. All told there are about sixty kids, and fifteen
mates. In addition there are five captured marines. They
are all shackled at the legs. The marines are shackled the wrists
as well.
Back on the Shark's Belly the last body is
searched then rolled overboard. Now mates from the Triangle start
moving about and reading the ship to sail.
The last of the prisoners is stowed in the
hold. It is late in the evening and the sun is just starting to
touch the horizon. On the other side of the world the flashes of
the elecrical storm in the sky start showing their colors.
Uncle turns to Gail and Ada. "I need to
talk to you two in your cabin." Ada frowns at this. The
three of you go down below decks.
In the cabin Uncle says "Gail, your dragon has
fallen asleep. I think you have been using it to sneak around the
ship and find out the private vices of all the crew. And you have
gotten to where you don't like them too much. But just because
you have searched out their private little sins doesn't mean you can
condem them."
Uncle circles around and rests one leg on the
table. His other foot still on the deck of the room. He
rests his hands in his lap, cupped, with the dragon heart laying in his
gloved hand. Gail and Ada just stand there on either side of the
closed door. Vanity mirrors behind them.
"When is the last time your dragon looked at
the stars. Ada here has taken her dragon to check on Rebecca and
the kids almost every night. But your dragon travels less far
every night, staying closer and closer to you. Till this past
week it hasn't even left the ship." Uncle sighs. "Now, I
understand your curiosity about the people around you. But your
little display up on deck has forced me to ask you a question."
Uncle fixed Gail with his eyes. "Both of
you." He looks to Ada. "Why haven't either of you used your
dragon to return some of the kids home." Uncle looks back to
Gail. "And why are you mad at me, because your dragon is going to
sleep."
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