Chapter 8The Ship
Fenn
The ship was peculiar. It was a whole floating city, big enough to get lost in, with hundreds of people on board. It was propelled by coal-fired engines deep in its belly and it chugged steadily along, night and day, the vibration settling deep into Fenn’s bones.
Somehow, either the motion of the ship or the huge body of water it travelled over made Fenn—and Keren—mildly nauseous all the time. And for whatever reason, there was definitely the muffling effect on Fenn’s kias they had mentioned to Will Grant, like working through a blanket.
They spoke to Will about it again one evening at supper time when they were about halfway through the journey. The two of them had taken to eating a final small meal together late in the evening, once Keren had gone to bed. The r
