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=== Sailing the Crimson ===
To deter Tress from continuing towards the [[Sorceress's island]], Charlie tells her about the trials she'll have to face when she gets there, saying that he knows about them from the "rat population" of a port the ''Crow's Song'' stopped at, but it doesn't work and the ''Crow's Song'' continues onwards.{{book ref|tress|47}}
After Tress becomes the captain of the ''Crow's Song'', she introduces Charlie to [[Fort]], [[Ann]], and [[Salay]]. All of them adore him; Ann offers to make a cage for the cat, and Salay has a tiny pirate's hat made for him. Charlie also tells them that he knows a way into the [[Sorceress's tower]].{{book ref|tress|54}} Unfortunately, their opinion of him is almost immediately soured, since he has Hoid throw some of the ship's food stores overboard in a desperate attempt to get Tress to stop pursuing the Sorceress. This doesn't work either, since the crew can just eat verdant vines; Tress decides she can't trust Charlie anymore, locking him in a cage.{{book ref|tress|56}}
Charlie begs Tress to take him with her when she goes to meet the Sorceress. She reluctantly agrees, and the two take a small rowboat into the Midnight Sea.{{book ref|tress|58}}
=== Sailing the Midnight ===
Charlie tells the Midnight Essence that it has free passage into the Midnight (because of his curse). The creatures capture Tress and take her and Charlie to the Sorceress's island, which makes Tress believe that Charlie is a familiar of the Sorceress.{{book ref|tress|58}}{{book ref|tress|59}}
Tress and Charlie climb the tower; they meet Riina at the top, who trades an illusory version of Charlie to Tress for two cups. The real Charlie is disappointed that Tress couldn't figure out who he was and leaves, but after Tress talks to the illusion, she knows it's not him and quickly deduces that "Huck" must actually be Charlie.{{book ref|tress|60}} Charlie starts crying, bemoaning the fact that he couldn't protect her from Riina.{{book ref|tress|61}}
The ''Crow's Song'' shows up at the tower, and Charlie runs to open the door so that they can bring Hoid inside the tower.{{book ref|tress|62}} Riina's cat corners him, so he runs inside Tress's pewter cup, letting the cat toss him down the stairs and to the door. Charlie gets it to open, and Hoid enters just in time to save Tress from being cursed by Riina, who leaves Lumar.{{book ref|tress|64}}
=== Breaking the Curse ===
Hoid changes the parameters of Charlie's curse so that instead of bringing Tress to the ''Sorceress's'' home to be ''cursed'', he had to bring Tress to ''her'' home to be ''versed'' (to have a poem written for her). He fulfills this easily, turning back into a human. When Tress sells the ''Crow's Song'' and transfers its crew to a new ship, the ''[[Two Cups]]'', he joins the crew as a valet, storyteller, and musician.
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