Difference between revisions of "Summary:Tress of the Emerald Sea"

Working on deck, Tress asks Ann about how many seas she has sailed. Ann sailed three, Fort ten: all except the Midnight and the [[Crimson Sea|Crimson]]. Tress is confirming there are twelve spore types and twelve seas, just to make sure she knows what she thinks she knows. She asks why people don't just sail around the Midnight, and Fort explains it's bounded by mountain ranges; the only way to avoid the mountains and the Midnight is to sail through nine other seas. This gives the Sorceress a stranglehold on trade, which is why the king is moving toward war. Between her aluminum box and the barrel, Tress swaps normal cannonballs for the ones Laggart hid. Ann asks Tress if she can have some practice charges, and Tress says of course, as long as the Captain doesn't have a problem with it. Ann crumbles slightly, making Tress curious. After Ann leaves, Tress asks Fort why Ann isn't allowed to fire cannons. Fort requests a trade for the information, and Tress explains more about wanting to reach the Sorceress to save someone. Fort shares that Ann "has worse aim than a drunk man riding a three-legged llama." Fort says some things just aren't meant to be, meaning both Ann's and Tress's dreams. He mentions that even if she can find Charlie, he'll be cursed like Hoid. Then he mentions the captain specifically traded to get Hoid on the ship. Tress finds this curious in combination with the plot to make deadrunners of the crew, though she restrains herself (heroically, in the narrator's opinion) from jumping to conclusions.