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The Captain gave a glance to her comment that hinted at that sort of faint amusement that almost came with the stupidity of people. Willow chuckled under her breath.
She relaxed herself as the captain explained the situation. He did so with authority, more so than she did, though, as long as she'd been on, she hadn't see him do anything without it. Elric looked more and more defeated as each option was crossed off the list, his face becoming more distraught. At last the captain finished his speech, and moved on to the matter of Elric. She returned from half-listening as her name was spoken.

"Miss Witmoore, I would like you to guard Mr. Rolance as you suggested. Please try to keep safe and out of trouble. Mr. Rolance, I will still be confining you to one of the ship's cell for a week. You will be allowed to out during the day, but only if you are accompanied by Miss Witmoore. Hopefully this will improve help the crew's attitude and behavior towards you as well as providing you time to ponder the consequences of actions like those you just took. I also will tell you that very meticulous records aboard the ship. Your presence will be recorded in the ships log, my own personal log, and undoubtedly the logs of many of the other officers. I have my own reasons for doing this and I ask you to trust."

He finished up his speech with a question, and Elric responded fairly quickly.

"Well, it seems neither of us know anything about them. Oh well..." at that point Willow stopped paying attention. She began to focus on the view out the captains window, watching the seagulls flock about with freedom. Strange that the government doesn't try to control where they go...maybe it's because they fly...

"It seems we will be spending a lot of time together. Tell me, will you be addressing me as, 'Pretty Elric' every time? To be quite honest, I'm not to fond of that name." It took her a few moments to realize that Elric was speaking to her. She looked to him, her mind mixing his words with the call of seagulls. It took her another moment to figure out what was what, and by the time she could say anything, she realized that her mouth had been slightly ajar for those moments. She tried to be witty.

"All the more reason for me to keep calling you that, huh?" She smiled a playful smile, and stood up, taking a step towards Elric.
"Like the good captain said, to the brig with you!" She laughed a bit as she pretended to be a mean jailor. "If you cooperate, we won't need the shackles..." The last part was said with a mixed tone, leaving Elric to guess whether she was being edgy or serious.