[Ingrid listens, the game temporarily forgotten, and when he's done she only remembers to move a piece (randomly and without thought) because her gaze went thoughtfully downward and rested on the board.]
That sounds... Well, it sounds rather exciting, actually, smells notwithstanding.
[She's read (and enjoyed) The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle (not to mention Captains Courageous and etc.), but she's never heard sailing described quite like this, and though objectively she knows she probably wouldn't like it, the way Archie describes it she almost yearns to be on a ship herself.]
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That sounds... Well, it sounds rather exciting, actually, smells notwithstanding.
[She's read (and enjoyed) The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle (not to mention Captains Courageous and etc.), but she's never heard sailing described quite like this, and though objectively she knows she probably wouldn't like it, the way Archie describes it she almost yearns to be on a ship herself.]