There was a coach outside with a driver just waiting (I was surprised there was a driver, but I guess if you pay someone enough in this world they'll just ignore morality and do their job) and we were away from the not councilman's house as soon as the reins struck the horses. I tried to keep up with where we were going in case I had to I dunno find my way back? But I'm terrible with directions at the best of times and Telrrax must have said to not mind the passengers because the coach was bouncing every which way as we careened along the road narrowly missing several people in the process. We found our way into town and then the docks, I wanted to take a moment to collect myself but Telrrax hopped out gave me a look that told me this would not be adviseable and made our way to the dockmaster.
"Where is this ship?" She handed the man the receipt I had found. He looked up from some papers he was shuffling, the office was full of people but Telrrax was not one to wait.
"There is a line Madam." His voice was of the bored sort, the type of office beaurocrat who has dealt with a lot of impatient people and fails to see the importance of the matter in front of him.
"Do I look like I care about your line, you're going to tell me what I want to know little man or you're going to see your..." I grabbed Telrrax's shoulder, she gave me a look that could have killed the dead but she understood why I stopped her from threatening the clerk, I mean we weren't in the lands of the guard, but the lands of the east weren't really cool with you threatening to gut people either "Your time will be seriously wasted with me in here trashing everything until you help."
"What was the ship again?" She thrust the paper back in front of his face.
"Oh this ship left a day ago."
"It what?" I could feel the surge of power in the room and feared Telrrax would explode (I haven't seen it from a magical user but its in theory possible).
"It left port a day ago, please don't kill me." Telrrax didn't kill him, she left a crowd of stunned people in her wake but she didn't kill the messenger. She stomped out the docks and looked around for something, spotting it she ran towards it. It was a smaller vessel than the one we had arrived in, also it was a military vessel, iron plating large gun ports and staffed my guard personel.
"Come on Trezlan we are catching ourselves a councilman."
"I am not stealing a military ship I have no clue about running." Telrrax laughed.
"Steal? Its my ship Trezlan, now come along." And away we went me being more confused than I had been previously. Because life just likes dragging me along.
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