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Ann shows her the aiming cranks, and explains how you need to aim high due to gravity. She talks of fuse lengths, and Tress gains more insight into some of the diagrams she was studying. Ann is enraptured looking at the canon. Tress asks her about it, bashfully. Ann encourages her to be go ahead and impose on people if she's going to get what she wants. Ann asks Tress if she has any theories on why Ann is "weird about guns". Tress shares theories from the crew like it's about childhood trauma. Ann reveals she grew up a chicken keeper on a farm. She say's they're so interesting, it's a shame they're also delicious. Other crew have said it's overcompensation or (from Ulaam) because of the way cannons are shaped. Ann laughs infectiously.
Tress asks what the real reason is, and Ann says "I think they're nifty". Ann goes on about how "culture" is really just what people are into. Even if they're into (Tress interjects) cups. But it's not just one cup, it's how one cup is different from other cups. Ann describes more about how she and cannons became a thing, up through a mishap in the militia when she shot her own sergeant, who was behind her and inside the barracks. She encourages Tress to practice like Laggart said, that honing in over two shots is actually a good method. Tress encourages Ann to take a shot. At first Ann thinks she's kidding, but then realizes Tress doesn't seem afraid (which Ann takes as evidence of the King's Mask theory.) Ann has trouble believing Tress is really willing to risk letting Ann fire the cannon. Tress says getting Ann what she wants is easy compared to what Tress wants.
Ann starts to take aim, but even Tress can tell she's significantly sideways from the target buoy. Ann takes the feedback, and then fires the cannon. Ann is deeply grateful, because she had started to believe the way everyone was afraid for her to make any shots was something like a curse, when all this time she just had really bad aim. Tress assures Ann she can take a practice shot with her each day. Ann tells Tress how to get a flare gun from quartermaster Fort. Tress reflects on how the holes in people can be filled by simple things. As she continues to practice, the ship re approaches the border with the Crimson.
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