"You see that Skelly? The deckhand with the long black braid down her back? Well, she may look like a girl but she's not. She's my deckhand and my niece. And that means that, to you, she's not a girl."
Davvie looked properly daunted, but Carson just shook his head, a smile twitching the corner of his mouth. "I guarantee you, Leftrin, there will be no problems with Davvie in that department," he said as the lad ducked his head and blushed.
i think carson is a love interest for sedric but is he implying that davvie is also a homosexual?
"And aren't you going to introduce me and explain what a fresh flower like this is doing on your stinking old barge?"
It seemed impossible but he had briefly forgotten that Alise was standing there behind him. He glanced at her, then grinned as he confronted Carson. "Stinking barge? Not until you came on board, Carson. Alise Finbok, I'm afraid I have to introduce you to an old friend of mine. Carson Lupskip. Hunter, braggart, and drunk, not necessarily in that order. Carson, this is Alise. She's aboard as our expert on dragons and Elderlings…”
he has so much confidence in her abilities and he’s very proud to show her off. lover boy leftrin you will always be famous. to me.
The hunter stopped speaking abruptly, staring past Leftrin. The captain turned to find Sedric awkwardly climbing over the rail of the barge. He gripped his supply case to his chest with one arm while he struggled. "What do we have here?" Carson asked quietly. A slow smile spread across his face.
"Oh, him." Leftrin fought for neutrality in his voice. He spoke to Carson alone, saying, "He goes where Alise does. Supposed to look after her."
"That must be inconvenient," Carson muttered quietly.
"Just shut up," Leftrin replied with feeling.
straight out of a rom-com! god i hope carson is nice and normal. please please please can he get a decent love interest
He took a deep breath, and she was suddenly aware of how close she was standing to him. It was almost an embrace. She could smell him, the spicy scent he wore, the soap he used. She was surprised that she recognized those scents. They brought Hest sharply to mind, and she stepped back. She suddenly wondered if the two men used the same perfumed oils. She frowned, thinking about that.
hest wasn’t lying when he said he bought that stuff for sedric lollll
