"I'm Elisabeth Scrivener," Elisabeth said when it was her turn. "I've never been sailing before. I'd never even seen the ocean before I showed up here."

And the tiny waterway that provided Summershall with its water was barely big enough for a canoe, never mind a proper boat.

"My favorite pirate? I suppose that would have to be Captain Omoira of the Basilisk. She's, umm, a character from a story I read growing up, not a real person. Austermeer is landlocked, we haven't really any historical pirates."