"You jinxed us, Thorn!"
Ren cackled in delight as the sea came up in a threatening wave, the pirate ship bearing down on them.
"You fucking jinxed us!"
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Ten minutes ago.
The Mare Dulce stretched endlessly in all directions, a vast sheet of shifting blue.
The silence around them was broken only by the occasional cry of gulls and slight sound of the waves breaking gently against their boat.
It was like they were in a vast canvas, but they were the tiny dot of ink in the middle. There was nothing else around for them to see.
Lilith groaned. "I'm already tired of this."
She sat on the side rail of the boat, one hand gripping the vessel for balance, the other trying to keep her hair from running wild. Her white hair whipped in the sea breeze, and on her face was an expression of boredom.
"We've been sailing for a day and a half." Elias pointed out from the back of the boat.
"Exactly." She muttered. "That's a day and a half too long."
