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[[Hoid]] introduces the subject of his story, a girl named Glorf whom everyone calls [[Tress]]. He describes her home island, [[Diggen's Point]], as a dismal place, and tells of the dangers of the [[Aether spores|spores]] that fall from the [[Verdant Lunagree]]. Despite her surroundings, Tress likes it there on the island, and is happy there.
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Hoid continues to describe Tress as completely ordinary, but thoughtful and polite. She loves cups, and enjoys the story that each cup seems to tell. Tress goes up to the duke's mansion to visit [[Charlie]], the duke's son. Charlie pretends to be a simple groundskeeper, but as always, does an unconvincing job of it. Tress gives him a pie, and shows him her newest cup. He entertains her with his stories and ideas, and in turn asks her about her day, wanting to know every detail.
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Charlie rests his hand on Tress's hand. Tress wants to say something romantic, but fumbles with her words. He smiles at her, but Tress glimpses his [[Charlie's father|father]] watching through the window. She leaves shortly thereafter. The next morning, she hears news that the duke and his son are leaving the island that very day.
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Tress learns that Charlie is to be married off to a princess on a distant island. She doesn't act out, but instead goes about her daily business, distracted by her thoughts of Charlie. Charlie finds her and speaks to her, and Tress says she wishes he didn't have to go marry someone else. Charlie promises her that he won't marry any of the princesses, that he'll be so boring that none of them can stand him. He promises to send her a cup at every stop, after he gets the resident princess to reject him. Charlie is summoned by his father, and he gets on a ship with his family and departs. In the following months, Tress receives several cups and letters from Charlie, describing how he offended or grossed out various marriage candidates. But eventually, the cups stop coming. A year after Charlie's departure, word arrives at Diggen's Point that the duke is returning with his wife, heir, and [[princess of Dormancy|daughter-in-law]].
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Tress sits on her porch, crying and regretting not having said more to Charlie before he left. The duke and his family arrive, but his
== Part 2 ==
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Around a week later, the ''[[Oot's Dream]]'' docks at
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As the ''
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[[Aether spores#Verdant|Verdant spores]] slowly begin to flow through the hole and contact the water the cannonball delivered, exploding into a mass of vines. [[Dorp]] comes down to patch the hole with [[Aether spores#Roseite|roseite spores]] then kills any remaining spores with silver.
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After fifteen minutes of clinging to the side of the ship, Tress is thrown a rope and pulled up. She is told that the ''Crow's Song'' is a pirate ship. Crow threatens to throw her overboard as they have no use for an inspector. Tress begins scrubbing the deck to prove that she is useful and continues scrubbing until she eventually falls asleep.
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Tress wakes, and her first thought is of Charlie
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The narrator explains that the ''Crow's Song'' is roughly twice the size and crew capacity of the ''Oot's Dream'' and has two guns rather than one. The convention of referring to most crew as [[Crow's Song#Dougs|Doug]] is established. She asks Doug where the toilet is and otherwise explores the ship. She comes upon [[Fort]] (the quartermaster) and [[Ann]] (the carpenter) inspecting a cannonball and whether any other defective ones were found. Fort communicates through a board in which words appear. They describe the destruction of the ''Oot's Dream'' as an accident, and "not the kind of piracy we signed up for." Ann says at least they aren't being conscripted.▼
Huck explains that the whole crew is culpable of murders
▲She comes upon Fort (the quartermaster) and Ann (the carpenter) inspecting a cannonball and whether any other defective ones were found. Fort communicates through a board in which words appear. They describe the destruction of Oot's Dream as an accident, and "not the kind of piracy we signed up for." Ann says at least they aren't being conscripted.
▲Huck explains that the whole crew is culpable of murders commited during piracy due to the felony murder law. He also overheard that the quartermaster is deaf. Huck starts telling her about a deaf human he once met, but Tress reminds him that the crew on the last ship caged him after learning he could talk.
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Fort and Tress are introduced to each other
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* [[Tress]] (point of view)
* [[Charlie]]
* [[Weev]] (mentioned only)
* [[Crow]] (mentioned only)
* [[Laggart]] (mentioned only)
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Tress returns to deck scrubbing and talks to Huck about some of the things she learned from ships visiting
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The blue
Ann arrives, and Tress notes how she is besotted with the cannon
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Tress comes to to find Ann laughing at her. The speck that got under her goggles blew them off, but only made her face sore. Ann takes her to Dr. Ulaam, who is a a sharp
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As she scrubs, Tress spies on Laggart, who
Huck returns and tries to reenact the conversation with Tress playing Laggart's part. Crow had received a messenger raven from [[Kingsport]] that the man in the lifeboat they spared did not survive to report the sinking of the ''Oot's Dream''. They will have to sink another ship, though Crow worries that the crew is agitated. Laggart agrees they need blood binding the crew to the ship if they're going to do what the Captain wants.
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* [[Laggart]]
* [[Salay]]
* [[Kaplan]] (mentioned only)
* [[Marple]] (mentioned only)
* [[Mallory]] (mentioned only)
* [[Charlie]] (mentioned only)
* [[Fort]] (mentioned only)
* [[Ulaam]] (mentioned only)
* [[Salay's father]] (mentioned only)
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Scrubbing by the helm, Tress is entranced by the sea. Tress allows the captain to overhear her muttering about the crew that was killed. The Captain confronts Tress, and Tress says that crew was like her family, and she was only dressed as a
Tress is delighted with this turn, and Crow, who can sense this on some level, kicks her in the stomach. The helmswoman attends to Tress and finds nothing broken. To cheer Tress up, Salay lets her try the ship's wheel. She instructs her on what to expect
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Tress is pulled in two directions as she keeps working
Captain Crow reveals herself and encourages Tress to run. Tress says she wants to stay, which Crow questions, and Tress says her earlier complaints were to get pity. Crow says there's no place for her, and Tress asks about the [[sprouter]] post. Crow asks if she's not afraid of spores, and Tress says it's a healthy respect. Crow mulls this and then agrees to take Tress on as ship's sprouter. Alone again, Tress is overwhelmed despite her conviction that she's doing right
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In the morning, Crow gives Tress the key to the
Ulaam drops in, and they talk about Weev's experiments
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Working on deck, Tress asks Ann about how many seas
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Tress finds Hoid and tries to ask about his curse. He struggles to blurt out something about six stars. She goes back to her cabin, to find the cat menacing Huck. She chases off the cat. She lays in her bunk and notices whittled lines on the ceiling. She mentions there
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Huck pleads with Tress to kill the midnight spores. She asks what makes them so dangerous. He doesn't know
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The ''Crow's Song'' crew
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Crow has shot two more of the enemy crew members and orders
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Tress asks Dr. Ulaam how Crow was protected by the vines, and if that's why the crew is so afraid of her. He theorizes that as a [[spore eater]], Crow is host to a rogue verdant essence which protects her
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Tress interrogates Huck about being a familiar and the Sorceress. He tells her he is kind of but not exactly a familiar, and gives tips on finding loopholes on the secrecy surrounding curses by the Sorceress. He points out that Crow's interest in Tress is likely not good. Tress asks him to spy on Crow again, but the closure of his previous access point and the cat indicate Crow is on to them. Tress recalls Ulaam saying the
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Tress has also been grappling with who she really is, but lets Salay in to talk. Salay says she knows Crow meant for Tress to leave at the last port but that Tress chose not to. Tress decides to trust Salay with the facts, such as how she swapped Laggart's ordnance. But the more she says, the more convinced Salay is that Tress is some kind of elite and secretive royal
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The narrator offers an overview of the [[Luhel bond]]. Midnight spores differ from other colors of Lumar's rogue aethers in utilizing a the Luhel bond, which is close to how aethers are supposed to work, symbiotically. It is not like the [[Nahel bond]], which exchanges "consciousness and anchoring to reality;" rather, there is an exchange of physical matter.
Tress feels water leaving her body as the
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Entering the secret meeting, Tress is introduced as a King's Mask by Salay. Fort and Ann aren't so sure. They point out that if she were a
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Tress approaches Crow, who asks her why she's really
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The narrator relates a local tale of the
Tress feels discomfited by her discussion with Crow. She asks Ulaam if midnight spores leave any residue. Ulaam reassures her on this point, and Tress describes how she thinks she got the better of Crow but now wonders if she were being manipulated. Ulaam explains that the dragon will require a trade for curing Crow. The dragon is known for acquiring slaves who are able to work with spores. Tress realizes her choices are propelling her toward a consequence not of her choosing.▼
▲She asks Ulaam if midnight spores leave any residue. Ulaam reassures her on this point, and Tress describes how she thinks she got the better of Crow but now wonders if she were being manipulated. Ulaam explains that the dragon will require a trade for curing Crow. The dragon is known for acquiring slaves who are able to work with spores. Tress realizes her choices are propelling her toward a consequence not of her choosing.
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Tress contemplates escaping when the ''Crow's Song'' stops to supply before attempting the Crimson Sea.
At port, she thinks about what Charlie means to her and struggles to picture him in her mind. Before she can decide whether to leave, Crow sends for her and informs her that Tress won't be allowed to go ashore
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Tress returns to her cabin and can't help crying. She
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Tress had looked Weev's things over when she started as sprouter, but now she looked at them with a new
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The Crimson being the first sea Tress has seen that wasn't the Verdant, Tress is startled and a little superstitious to see it. Fort notes that she is grinning. She says it is terrifying, and he notes that she smiles when things are terrifying. She tries to rationalize it, but she suspects he is considering this with the King's Mask theory. She starts to consider her daring a talent being unlocked. One of the random rain squalls skirts nearby, sending up thirty-foot red spikes out of the spores. The ship tacks away to await calmer weather, and Fort goes back to the kitchen.
Laggart grabs Tress to learn cannon firing. She struggles to remain impassive as he handles the cannonballs, but Laggard does not appear to notice her nerves. He walks her through the mechanics of loading, and then tells her to practice by taking five shots a day at a target buoy. She asks if that's all the training there is, and he says to come bother him
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Ann shows
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Next
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While Tress dissects the spore flare she traded from Fort, she thinks about religious services she experienced growing up, and the diverse answers to the meaning of life.
She starts playing with one of the little vine fuses
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The narrator talks about the role of memories in the construction of self, with a caution that they are harsh masters. As Hoid, he talks about how amazing the views are in the vocabulary of a prepubescent boy, as Tress tries to extract information on his curse. He is literally unable to tell her things she doesn't already know. She tries using written words, but he suddenly can't read. She tries one letter at a time, but the Sorceress had also thought of this method. Finally, she figures out a way to have him talk to her about things she does know, and in pointed silences they are able to create a map to the Sorceress' island. He also mentions that Sazed released all of Ulaam's kind, and they've been getting weirder and weirder. Tress's excitement is broken by an alert of rain sighted.
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The narrator discusses whether storms have intentions, or if it's humans imposing meaning on things, especially where death may be involved. The walls of crimson spikes produce wave
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The
With four ready to try, she and Huck go to the hold to test them. The first one activates short, trapping
▲The first one activates short, trapping herself. But she's able to laught it off and realize she really isn't afraid of them anymore. One is a dud, but the last two work as planned. She will need to refine them more, but feels like she might be able to surprise Crow.
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Crow gives the crew a barrel of booze, which Tress skips due to her history of it making her extra chatty. Salay doesn't appear for dinner, so Tress takes it to her. She finds Salay distraught over the loss of Pakson. Salay feels that the responsibility for protecting the crew falls to her, since the
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The crazy plan
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Ulaam serves as a test subject for Tress's vine capture flares. He asks where she got them, and when she says she developed them, he asks to buy her brain
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Hoid explains that his recurring nightmare is repeating himself, so he declines to point out the malevolence of not one, but two rainstorms approaching. He narrates that
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