"You don't have to ask me. Sure."
He pushed off from he railing and headed inside with her, talking about Essyrn.
"They don't have many villages, more like a few outlying places on the oasis or near the river. However, at the center of it all, that's the real Essyrn."
Now, he began to make gestures indicating scale.
"Huge city, made of stone or dried mud and wood where they can get it. I dunno why they wouldn't tell you about. Essyrn is a place of business and trade. There is so much obsession with money and trade that whoever owns this boat has to do alot of footwork to keep up."
But given the size and state of the boat, he must be rather successful in Serendipity, at least. They were now officially inside and geting to the room, where no doubt there was a tiger sprawled out on the bed. Travis was surprised the black cat wasn't there.
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Actually, he was in the captain's personal quarters, batting at the captain's personal quiver as the captain wrote in the captain's personal log. Every now and then, the captain would push him away, saying "Stop that.", but alas...the cat would return to sit on the papers.
Silly human.
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Back to Travis and Keona in the room.
"There IS one thing that I think is going to bother you about Essyrn, maybe two things. The first is that women aren't seen as equals there. Probably not rude about it, mostly, but something'll slip out and...well...try not to remove their eyebrows for it."
Yup, there's a funny mental image for ya. Keona making just the eyebrows go fwoomph!
"The other thing is...there's varying levels of slavery on the mainland. In Serendipity, it's more like indentured servitude because you have to work yourself free from some kinda' debt, but in Essyrn...people can be owned, and the law says that it's fine. It's how they think. They think anything can be owned."