( After some thought, I'm going to switch up pronouns from here on out to indicate gender, just to make it easier on everyone to follow, since it's probably going to happen often. )<br/><br/>Kohl accepted the apple half and bit into it with more table manners than might normally be found in a common sailor.  He chewed and swallowed before he spoke. "Most were still leaning towards the letters of marque," he said.  "A lot of talk about those boatloads of slaves.  The flamboyant one was still trying to work the Lintha in the plan somewhere when I left."  He shrugged and bit into the apple again.  "They'll come up and tell us warrior-types what they've decided soon enough, I wager."