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The stranger whipped his head to the left and a few words passed over his lips. “Damn it…”
A voice spoke up that Allie recognized as the shorter of the two officers. “They came onto this ship somehow and we didn’t find them on the deck, so they must be down here.”
A male voice of an approximate age of Methuselah answered the port official. “Then shut yer traps and follow me because there’s only one way they could’ve gotten on board on this side. And next time don’t go bothering me with something that can wait!”
“But they might become loose on the ship!” one of the officers pointed out.
“Then one of these young fancy sailors can find ‘em, but I don’t want to waste my time hunting down a pair of idiots,” the old man snapped.
The voices were followed by heavy footsteps and a stran
