A gruff man with a scarred face and missing fingers, as well as numerous kills under his belt, judging by the look in his one good eye. Accompanied by...soldiers to keep the slaves in line, he approached Noah and the adventurers.“I’m going to say this quick. I’m the captain of this vessel, and you don’t need to know my name, but you do need to know my rules. First rule: none of you go below deck for any reason. I don’t care what falls from the sky, be it rain, hail, snow, or arrows, you stay up. " Well," the teacher stood taller, "I would have, but I heard someoneslamming things around in here and I was afraid for my student'ssafety." Well," Ed's nod acknowledged that he had slammed his hand on thetable, "be that as it may, we were in the middle of a familydiscussion. Thank you for the book. Was there anything else?" Yes," Miss Stephanie folded her arms and took on her teacher-pose."How is it that all three of you ended up on the same show?" I beg your pardon?" Rose said indignantly."I. "Of course," Julie said and added, "who doesn't want to talk aboutthemselves and what girl is going to not take an opportunity to explainwhy we're so superior to boys." Right! OK then. Pizza and your movie and I get two thousand words onyour insight into the feminine world," Bobby said laughing.Bobby was being sarcastic but he also knew he'd get a lot of informationfrom this girl he often called a friend and sometimes a girl friend. Thetwo terms meaning two different things often enough.Bobby. "Gee, Paige, it looks like we have something else in common."We looked into each other's eyes, smiling and feeling smug, at least I knew I was.I was for locking the doors and spending the afternoon upstairs, but it didn't work out that way. We'd spread my sleeping blanket next to hers and arranged the frames containing the photos of my family when Charlie rang the back doorbell. He had news that the lady from the newspaper had been there looking for me.Paige was in favor of my calling Ms. Adams.