Then, before long, I looked back behind me and couldn’t see the shore anymore, and there was just water all around…

  And then shortly after that Bun and I told Dasha that we’d see her around, and then she said, “Sounds good!…” and then Bun and I headed off to our room on the ship…; and then now that we had some privacy I said, “And so do you think that Dasha will really be able to defeat any pirates who we might come across?…” and then Bun said, “Well, I mean, she’s been a captain for a long time and hasn’t been killed by pirates and still has her ship, and so I’m feeling pretty good about our odds against any pirates who we might encounter!…” and then I said, “Good point…

  And so then if all goes according to plan we should be able to reach that magic fountain and complete our plan quite easily!…” and then Bun said, “Yup!…

  Seems like it’s just a matter of continuing to stay on this ship, and then we’ll be able to reach the fountain and activate the magic wand and complete our mission!…” and then suddenly! there was a knock on the door to our room, and then Bun went over to the door and said, “Hello?…” in a voice that seemed like it would be loud enough for the person who’d knocked on the door to hear his voice; and then the person who’d knocked said, “Hello!…

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  I hope that I’m not interrupting you 2, but I just wanted to invite y’all to head over to the community room and play cards and whatnot with myself and some others if you’d like to…

  And if you don’t feel like doing it tonight then you can always do it another night!…

  It pretty much always happens for a couple of hours or so every night…

  Oh!, and I’m Hedge!, by the way…” and then Bun said, “Thanks for the information and the offer!…

  And I’m Bun, and my friend is named Shell!; and we’ll discuss what to do, and I imagine that even if we don’t attend tonight then we’ll probably attend on a different day sometime!…” and then Hedge said, “Sounds good!…

  And I’ll see y’all around!…” and then he walked away from the door; and then Bun said, “Well, Hedge seems nice!…

  And so do we wanna check out the community room tonight?…” and then I said, “Hmmm…

  I suppose that we may as well…

  I mean, it couldn’t hurt to get to know more folks around here, I suppose…” and then Bun said, “Awesome!…” and so then the 2 of us exited our room and searched around for the community room…