“Ok ladies, here’s your bunk, you’ll have to share and double up of course, but you’re both tiny enough, so it should be fine, I am giving you 2 little ones an extra blanket as well, it gets deathly cold and it’s only gonna get colder the closer we get!”

The 2 curious little girls have not stopped staring at Genna, her sharp profile seems to cut through the world like a shark’s fin sleekly sliding through murky seas, an aura of coiled steel ready to spring, a spectacularly dreadful sense of everpresent suspense. Genna’s attention always seems focused on the tasks to come so the 2 little girls don’t feel rude for staring.
‘what are we getting closer to?’
“Ahhhhh, good, you’re curious, that’s good, we’ll use that. Now no time for questions, go find Jessie, she’ll bring you up to speed as far as what you will be contributing as part of the crew. Oh and one last thing, from this point on, make sure to never stare directly into the sea.”
‘oh, why?’
“Off now, no time for stories, lots of work to get done before all’s said and done, go find Jessie, you 2 need to get to work already!”