Mary followed in Arouj's tracks silently. busy with her own inspection of the vessel.  "A taut ship."  She murmured in satisfatoin as she studied the rigging.   Good, much safer up there that way."  She was briightening, her jood rising by the second.  She was unsurprised when the Musselman calimed the galley as his own.  The cook always had a prime spot, and a good cook was always popular.<br/><br/><br/>"My teeth?"  That startled her a little, but she shrugged and opened wide.  She had all 28, had never had her wisdom teeth try to come it, she was one fo the lucky few who didn't havethat problem.  Reasonably white teeth, in good shape.  She did take  are of them, it was a touch of vanity on her part.