Just Another Day

"What the pluck?" she turned and asked as he began to descend through the trap door in the bottom. She had been taken quite by surprise.

"Land, lassie!" he exclaimed and climbed down the shrouds.

Humans are so weird, she thought. She placed a foot on the side of the crow's nest and leapt off. Oh well. Time to get off of this ship.

"Land indeed, Dawson," Captain Morgan said quietly as he peered through his own spyglass. Doctor Newbury stood patiently behind him.

"Still fond of the crow's nest, I see," he observed to Shanku as she landed on a barrel beside him.

"Yeah, no crows!" Shanku piped.

Just hens, the captain grumbled.

"So, what's all the commotion about?" she asked.

"We're soon to arrive in Mruha," Doctor Newbury stated.

"That explains why it's so hot," Shanku said and panted audibly with her tongue out. It had gradually became more humid the further south she went, but Shanku hadn't really noticed it until it was combined with the summer sun. The heat and wet was oppressive and often felt like a vice around her chest.

"Indeed," Doctor Newbury nodded. "Say, why don't we get you fitted for some new clothes! Those are becoming quite worn."

"I dunno," Shanku mumbled and hunched down on the barrel with her wings drawn tight around her. "Can I keep these? Ma made them for me..."