Thalya slyly smirked at the spectacle her nephew was doing to Alyssa. The sorceress may know not the story, but she takes things the way she see it, and Norton is a man after all, and a fine one at that; and Alyssa, in spite of all that bulky armor she seems to always wear, cannot hide the fact that she is a woman, with all the extraordinary charms she possesses.  The two could have done it there and now, if both were so willing, and none wouldn't mind. Being cooped up on a ship, at sea, for days or weeks does bring out such yearnings after all, it is only natural.<br/><br/>Her lewd musings were dashed when the crew brought to everyone's attention to the sighting of an unidentified ship on the horizon, apparently on a direct course with the Esmeralda. Thalya was tempted to take the spyglass, Kurt was offering to no one in particular at the moment but believed such a privilege was reserved to Alyssa alone.  She is the ship's captain after all, and the sorceress did not want to overstep her bounds<br/>.<br/><br/>As for her magic being of help to the ship, as one crewman put it, Thalya's spells are quite limited in number and power and would only be effective in a close quarter battle. Regardless, whoever they are she'll do everything within her power to help and protect the others, but most especially her nephew, Norton, the Lightbearer.