a few minutes later they were joined by an old man with a short white beard and round face and dressed not in a uniform but in what melody recognized as healers garb ; the kind-faced young woman whom she had first met on the pier , the one dressed in a uniform of browns and blacks ; three kumiyaay , all of whom melody and yaeko knew : carcaryn gellantara , sketch , andmelody gulped as he entereddonaka torrez-manzanares ; and , finally , the captain himself , who closed the door behind him after growling at someone to get the grub going .