Everyone exchanged tacit, knowing smiles. Whatever the major factions showed on the surface was just a performance for outsiders, but behind closed doors, well... who really knew?
Dish after delicious dish was served. For the past month, almost every meal on the Spirit Boat had been a hurried, haphazard affair. The task of piloting the Spirit Boat had been clearly divided among the four of them into shifts of two.
Now, looking at the sumptuous feast before them, they were practically salivating.
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