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A Stormdancer influenced the weather and not water, so Valek doubted having one on board would make a difference in an atte Valek did know--the Stor in ured that out, they’d be easy to find

Annika arrived with two stea containers of seafood chowder for they, fishy aroave Endre a sweet diether too long In the past, he’d break then one to the other side of Ixia But as Hedda had said, he’d changed Valek no longer believed love or roent’s ability to do his or her duty In fact, he thought it one soft, old nored it Instead he asked Annika about the boats that had disappeared this year

"There’s always a bunch that wreck or sink or catch fire," she said "Mostly those have a few survivors, but there were two that sailed from Gandrel and never came back The Starfish and the Sea Serpent"

"Do you knoho captained the boats and worked on them?"

"No, sir, but the Port Master will have all that inforet the nalanced at Endre "Do you have any sleeping juice left?"

"Yep"

"Then that would be a yes, sir," she said to Valek "The Port Master is a frequent customer"

"What about the other towns?" Endre asked him "There have to be other boats that disappeared"

"The Stormers are from Gandrel"

"How do you know?" Annika asked

"You tell ed?"

She stared at thebrown hair fell in front of her face, and she tucked it behind her ear with an i Her darker skin tone reer "Stealing weapons froaze Long eyelashes fra the coast, but they picked Gandrel’s because they’re very fa lost while a stores when you know every street, and the chances of encountering an officer are srinned "Exactly"