"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 to look under water."
"So the trip's worth yer while?"
"I'm not doing much but sketching whatever they ask me to. Oh, I almost forgot." Cal dug through her satchel. "Here I thought you'd like this." She handed him a page from her sketchbook showing him beside the boiler. The fire glowed fiercely as he shoveled coal into its ma
