Nice boat,' the man said, heading back to the small dock house.

The boat says, "Hey, what do you think you're doing?

I didn't want to rock the boat the last handful of years, saying I wanted more passes.

"A boat," John said, while the others looked troubled.

A boat,' Ulath said, his face ruddy in the light of their fire.

"You should have told me sooner," the boat said.

"I must operate within my limitations," the boat said sadly.

"One less boat for the smugglers," said Andy, and put up the red sail deftly.

"The first boat that comes large enough to take four people," she said.

"The boat," she said, and gave a visible shudder.