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Tress contemplates escaping when Crow's Song stops to supply before attempting the Crimson Sea. She remains determined to rescue Charlie, and Hoid is the only lead she has, and her current crew is committed to sail the [[Crimson Sea]]. Also, if she left, Crow would probably resume the deadrunner agenda.
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. She cradles a cup she got from the rug merchants and says it was her first official plunder. Crow offers Tress an opulent tea and reflects on how most people never really live, not knowing how it is to be one step from death. Tress wonders how this life is changing herself. They discuss ethics versus fate, and Crow reveals she knows Tress changed the cannonballs, but that Laggart probably hasn't caught on. Tress states she is as interested in protecting the crew from becoming deadrunners as she is in her quest to rescue her friend. The Captain is amused by the irony of saving them to then expose them to the dangers of the Crimson Sea. It is the only place on Lumar where rain fall is unpredictable as to time or place, activating red spikes. Tress asks if the [[Midnight Sea]] also has these rains. It doesn't, but the Sorceress's monsters can attack without any water from their prey or the sky. The crew returns and Crow dismisses Tress.
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