The foul weather had begun when they rounded Cape St. Vincent. Now in the fourth day in stormy weather, even hardened sailors showed ill effects, and ...he two surgeons were busy enough to splint broken arms and legs. They had lost three men already who lost their footing and fell over the side. In the current conditions, no attempt of a rescue could be dared, even if the men could keep above water for even a few minutes. Less than one-third of the crew could swim, and to swim in the violent sea. “I know Mael’nerak had a Damascene conversion after spending millennia with Valada, but you’ve always tried to do the right thing.”Edraele’s soft voice filtered through his mind. She’s absolutely correct. I find it astonishing that either of those Progenitors could be your father when you continuously hold yourself to such rigorous standards. If that is true, you’ve elevated yourself far beyond either of them.Alyssa had been closely monitoring his bleak thoughts and nodded as she said, “The. It’ll be nice to get away for a weekend . She explained it was basically a camping trip and there would be 2 cabins for all of us. Chaperones only both cabins and some bunk beds for the campers. I excused myself to go grab a coke from the vending machine when I passed some of the girls Juba gossips with. “Hey boy what you got going on” latisha ask me“Not much my friend. Juba just asked Mal if we could help with darren’s field trip” I told her. She smiled and asked what we would be needed for. The odd thing was somehow this man seemed to know a lot about Johnny, almost reading his mind before Johnny had a chance to answer anything on his own steam. The old man explained that he was headed back to his shop in Turtle Beach, that he had just been out of town on a trip to see an old friend who had become ill with a rather nasty little virus. The old man also told Johnny that Turtle Beach was only another 10 minutes up the road, this pleased Johnny as he didn't know how much longer he.