Minali only laughed, "You are merely our guest for a little while. This ship or mine, you would be traveling in any case. Simply think of it as a detour. You never know how long it would take you anyway. The seas could clam, a storm could send you off course. You will have plenty of time in your life to celebrate and go to balls or embroider dresses or whatever ladies do all day. As long as your prince does as you say..." She slanted a glance at her captive and smiled, "I like having company."<br/><br/>It seemed the Captain was in an unalterable good mood. In fact she quite liked that Amelia seemed to have a little bit of spirit. It just made her more interesting. Of course the girl had to have realized that if they wanted her prince to pay, they couldn't do anything too terrible to her. Not that Minali couldn't think of a hundred fun things she could do if Amelia didn't behave. The Captain couldn't be questioned. She shifted her hand to wind a blonde lock around her finger.<br/><br/>Caspian came back from where he had vanished below decks. Not exactly checking on the crew, just directing things. He grinned over at Minali and Amelia, before moving over to speak to some of the crew. Minali told Amelia with an impish smile, "So far Caspian's been the best thing I've collected, but we never found anyone who belonged to a prince before."