Bast gave a final sigh at the ultimate loss of long term direction in the name of the short term goal.<br/><br/>She wondered if Kheperu was staying focused on his work of desinging warding talismans that would protect an entire ship, or if he'd gone off chasing girls.  And then there was Cinabar Ember.  She loved her green skinned partner with all her heart, but, as always happened when they got wind of Cynis slavers, she knew the flame duck would be useless for anything else 'til they discovered confirmation that her daughter was or was not among them.<br/><br/>She cared too, perhaps cared beyond all reason, given that she'd set up an entire cult of veneration for the child she'd never met, the daughter of her friend and the man for whom she would surely foreswear all voluntarily if the bastard wasn't man enough to collar her soon.<br/><br/>Groaning softy she stretched her legs out together and reached for the sky, then stood gracefuly and headed for the deck, wondering if she might find some women amongst the exalts to strike up closer friendships with before the battle.