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Q: How do you feel about going to Dragon Island and putting everything else on hold? A: Geno is very excited to go back, it's been years since he last made port in Valorant City. Since I've been there before, I have 3 contacts. I'm thinking something like a dockmaster, the person we would actually do the trading with, and a third person. I also am able to assure Druss that they are not thought of any worse than the rest of us smallfolk, as far as the dragons were concerned.
 
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In the morning, Druss has to go talk to Bellia about our new destination, which seems to upset her a bit. Druss and Yun hadn't come back last night, but when everyone else wakes up, Geno isn't in the tent where they expect him. I've gone back to the ship, where Ricky was waiting, and begin a long cosmetic retooling. When I'm done, the Steel Defender now resembles a large lizard, lower to the ground and possessing a long tail. The detailed scales are filigreed and beautiful, and the broad head holds a flickering tonguelike sensor that darts out at regular intervals. Marda hears the voice from the sword, and stabs Yun with consent. The sword reveals they used to be a knight. Also, Helen can hear the voice from the sword, and goes silent around Marda. She can eventually fill Melfine in on this. Yun had bought an old banjo that was made of bone and carved with Draconic runes. Druss can't quite make it out since it isn't standard Draconic, but I can also read that language. I can see that it's actually Lizardfolk language, and that it is assembled incorrectly. I try to fix it, but hurt my hand on the spearhead first. After that, I make my way through the repairs and establish that a certain chord progression will extend the spear up and down from the main body of the banjo, such that the banjo is the middle of the shaft.
 
Sometime later in the day, we are attacked by sirens/harpies, which use their songs to get some crew members, including Druss, Bellia, and Tuli, to jump into the sea. Marda gets more info from the sword after doing some stabbing. It was a knight to one of the old gods, but the knight was forsaken by that god after making some sort of transition (masc to fem, it seems like, since they used feminine pronouns but the hilt of the sword is dick skin). After the battle concludes, Druss takes attendance and notes that we lost 2 sailors, who clearly couldn't swim. Sylvio and I bound down from the aftcastle and I introduce my newest (to them) companion. Marda gives him affectionate chin scratches, and Sly's tongue flickers around her head, testing what this diminutive shape means.
 
Melfine tries to communicate with her goddess using Divination, in order to determine which old god might have been responsible for cursing the sword. (I missed the verbatim answer, but something about the North Star. God of sailors, navigation, and more = Veizen. This is maybe our new frontrunner).
 
We are going to take off during the night, so the squad beds down for the night. A round of dreams washes through our sleeping minds. My dreams of riding Sylvio over magnificent fields, dreaming of a grand adventure, are indicative of the first few days at sea, where I wish to be anywhere else.
 
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