Life at sea was inevitably a bit dull. Flora Bloom's days consisted of either eating, drinking, and sleeping, or staring at the scenery. But with nothing but the ocean in every direction, she grew tired of the view after just three days. She suddenly remembered she had collected some fishing gear back in the village, so she pulled the equipment out of her space and ran to the dining room with it.
At that moment, Caleb Bloom was playing Chinese chess with Sherman Lynch. Sherman Lynch had found the chess set in a storage locker. It seemed he had decided to follow Flora Bloom way back when he was helping her pick out a boat. The man had clearly been planning this for a long time.
Jade and Ethan Monroe were in the kitchen preparing breakfast, while Cynthia Grant and Irvin Holden were in the cockpit, cracking melon seeds and chatting.
