Maybe it was the way the ship moved or that the moon was just in the right place to cast its moonbeams. But what ever it was thanks to  Mausen's growl and her desire to impress her new Magus but Cairn was especially sharp eyed.<br/><br/>It was only the slightest of movements as the creature dropped from a handy spar onto the deck disappearing at once into the shadow of a barrel. But Cairn saw it and the flash of ruby red eyes as it glanced over the deck.<br/><br/>The creature hesitated its eyes scanning the deck for danger, it would have to cross about ten feet before it could disappear down the hatchway leading below. Then it tensed and was moving a small dark blob scurrying across the deck heading for the hatchway.<br/>