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Never heard of them. Try asking at Palms Port.

A sailor told me there's serious card players somewhere. Sounded intense.

A merchant on the cat islands, a sailor told me. Never met her though.

A sailor told me there's a cat out on the Creels who does my job, but for cats. I'd love to watch that.

Pirates sail near Speckle Hump, a sailor told me. That's all he said.

A cat island the sellswords come off, a sailor said. His word, not mine.

Another cat island, the one with the storytellers. Sailor's word again.

Benjamin runs the lighthouse. He keeps the light from dusk till dawn most nights.

My chair came off a wreck on the north shore. Benjamin helped me drag it up the beach.

Islands up in the sky, sailors say. I'm not sure I believe it.

Though one sailor swore he saw one north of Victoria. Sounded like a story to me.

Benjamin says the light brings fish to the reefs. That's what he told me, anyway.

A gambling place. Sailor said you can lose everything there. Terrifying.

Someone teaches swords at Palms Port. I've never learned, so I can't judge.

A sailor came through last month and said the summer's bringing storms. That's what he told me, at least.

Anyone with more on their hands than time pays for help. That's most of us.

Benjamin pays when something breaks. Marry pays for help with the nets.

Marry comes down and talks about Tommy the whole time. She's got a lot on her mind.

He's planning something with the caves. Won't tell me what. Just says he'll be fine.

I was born here. Twenty people means twenty haircuts every few months and endless rope cutting.

I'm not bored. Just curious about everywhere else, and sailors fill in the rest for me.

The caves? Tommy won't stop talking about them. Dangerous, but he won't listen.

There's something in those caves he's determined to find. I wish he'd tell me what.

Tommy thinks his father's sword is in the caves somewhere. He's planning to find it.

A sailor told me Victoria's got a real kingdom—roads, merchants, laws. Sounded exhausting to me.

A place across the sea. A sailor mentioned it but was vague about it.

A lake somewhere. A sailor told me about it, then got spooked and stopped talking.

Just a name I heard from somewhere distant. I don't know much about it.

Just a name a sailor said once. Beyond that, you'd know more than me.

I cut hair. On an island this small, I also cut rope, nets, and cakes.

My chair came off a wreck. Best thing the sea ever gave me.

People sit down all day and tell me everything. It's the best job there is.

Cutting and trading gems somewhere. Palms Port maybe? Never seen one myself.

Victoria's king, I think. Sailors say he rules with real laws and roads.

Mims does what I do, but for cats, out on the Creels. I'm a little jealous.

One day we're going to meet. I want to watch her work.

NCS keeps the ledger and moves the hulls. A dockhand explained it and I nodded a lot.

Victoria's princess is Anne, according to a sailor. That's all I know.

Victoria's queen is Celine, I think. A sailor mentioned her. That's all.

Wren won't let me near her feathers. One day she'll molt, and I'll be waiting.

She walks the shoreline most days. I watch for her when the weather turns rough.