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There was much sounds of consternation amongst the men, cries of alarm and yells of outrage, and it sounded almost like a fight might well be underway. If the Captain should come, however, to investigate, he would find not a battle, but a girl -- a young woman, perilously beautiful, knelt in the centre of a circle of men, a strange bubble of energy around her body, shielding her from their fear --- and thus, their reactions. -- Loredis
Never one to tolerate discourse on his ship and certainly not planning to allow such a reputation to be ruined, Francis emerged on deck in a flash of his own, looking over to the commotion and forcing his way through those gathered to see exactly what was happening, seeing a circle of men and yelling ferociously in a volume not to be challenged, “Everyone on their knees!” He ordered and in an instant, the crew aboard crouched down and put themselves on the deck.
It was only then when Francis actually saw the cause of the disturbance and it was not something he could ever have imagined to find aboard his ship off the coast of Antarctica. “Get away.” He ordered, quieter while he had the silence of his crew, men shuffling away from the edge of the bubble as Francis brought himself a little closer, carefully and slowly for he had no idea what it was that was unfolding before his very eyes. “What happened?” He asked as his eyes still settled on the woman in the bubble of energy, cautious for all he had heard of the tales of such encounters back home in Ireland.