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Started November 20, 2018 by Deleted user

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Drew set his head on hers and widened his eyes. “I-I, okay?”

"Thanks!" Shadow said as she started to climb up the net leading up to the crows nest.

Drew clung to her for dear life, not wanting to fall off. He felt himself slip and held on tighter.

Shadow got up to the crows nest and set Drew down. "How was that?" Shadow asked as she breathed the sea air.

Drew was still clinging to her like a lost child to his mother’s skirts. “Ar-are we on solid ground?”

"Well you are." She said standing on the edge of the crows nest.

Drew felt around him before letting her go, grasping the wooded side of the basket-like perch. The wind tossed at his hair, and salt nipped at his nose.

"You doing OK?" She said laughing.

Drew looked up, down, left, right, behind him, trying to look at her. The wind stole her voice from clearly reaching his ears.
“Er… I don’t know,” He answered unsurely.

"Good enough!" She said hopping back down. "Do you like the wind? The air? The sun?" She said sighing.

“I-I guess so?” Drew answered slowly, shrugging.

"I guess so?" Shadow said laughing. "You don't seem to have a opinion on anything."

Drew blinked. “Well, I should not be allowed to.”

Shadows mouth stood open at that. Not being outside was one thing but not being able to express feeling was a whole different thing. Suppressing your emotions was like not showing 99% of your body. It hide who you were. "You have every right to express emotion here." Shadow said. "And you should."

Drew looked down and sniffed the air doggedly. “What is that smell? It smells nice.” He was unaware of her shock in him. What he just said was completely normal to him.

"That, my friend, is the sea and the wind." She said. "Do you like it?"

Drew sniffed the air more, turning his blind face out to the wind. “It’s nice.”

Shadow looked over at him. "I kinda wish you could stay on the ship." She said.

Drew blinked a couple times in the wind. “Why can’t I stay? I like it here.”

"Usually you need some sort of value or reason to stay on the ship. We can't just be feeding dead weight." She explained. "Not that your dead weight or anything!" She said back pedaling.

Drew paused and looked down at his hands. “Oh. I guess you’re right. I am quite useless to you all.”

Crap. Crap. Crapcrapcrapcrapcrapcrapcrapcrapcrap! "W-well maybe once I test you for magical abilities and if you have something good than you could stay." Shadow suggested.

Drew shook his head. “I doubt I am anything special. I am just a blind boy.”

"And I was just a little sailor girl who was supposed to die." Shadow said, shrugging.

“But you are not blind. Nor useless,” Drew pointed out softly.

"Blind? No. Useless? Yes." Shadow said.

Drew shook his head. “You are not useless. I will remain useless forever.”

"I was useless until the day Jake found me." Shadow said. "May you are worthless until you meet a certain person." She suggested.

Drew looked down at his hands again. “I guess. I doubt it.”

"Well don't." Shadow said. "We could start testing for powers now if you want."