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Charlie tries to go back to Diggen's Point as a rat, stowing away on the ''[[Oot's Dream]]''. He's caught eating their rations, and is captured and put in a cage in the ship's hold.{{book ref\|tress\|9}} Tress happens to be put there as well, and when the ''[[Crow's Song]]'' attacks the ''Oot's Dream'', sinking it, she rescues Charlie from his cage. Since, due to his curse, he can't tell her that his name is Charlie, he tries to say "Chuck," but it comes out as "Huck."{{book ref\|tress\|11}}{{book ref\|tress\|61}} The seethe stops, and Tress carries Charlie on her shoulder and they walk together to the ''Crow's Song'', climbing on board.{{book ref\|tress\|12}} On the ''Crow's Song'', Charlie mostly sits on Tress's ~~soldier~~shoulder, making observations and helping her figure out the crew's secrets. After Tress discovers the forecannon's hidden compartment, Charlie catches [[Laggart]] sneaking cannonballs into his pack.{{book ref\|tress\|18}} Tress asks him to spy on Laggart's private conversation with Crow, which he does, and insists on reenacting it with Tress.{{book ref\|tress\|19}} Laggart and Crow notice Charlie spying on them, and when the ''Crow's Song'' stops at Shimmerbay, they get a cat to fend him off, which he becomes terrified of.{{book ref\|tress\|22}} He tries to pressure Tress to leave the ship and abandon the crew, but she disagrees, and he reluctantly stays on the ship with her.{{book ref\|tress\|21}} Hoid tries to tell Tress and [[Ulaam]] that "Huck" is important, but Tress comes to the wrong conclusion after Ulaam tells her about familiars, figuring that "Huck" is a normal rat that was Invested by the Sorceress.{{book ref\|tress\|28}} Charlie denies this, but after more questioning from Tress, he's able to exploit a loophole in his curse to explain to her how the Sorceress's curses work.{{book ref\|tress\|29}}

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