"Oh geez. Yes, please." Callie answered.

"I like... uhhh..." She paused, not sure how to explain it. She knew what it was called back home, but had no idea what it would be called here.

"Beret, if you know 'em." She added.

"I can easily shove my blue up in there."

♫They say it's not the kids, the parents are the problem // Then if you taught the kids to parent that's the problem solved then!♫

"Thank you." Callie said with a smile.

"Now get out of here. I'll find you later." She added as she gently started to push him to the door. It was in a friendly manner, but it was still omething she was doing.

"If you need me, you know where I am."

♫They say it's not the kids, the parents are the problem // Then if you taught the kids to parent that's the problem solved then!♫

The first couple of days were rather calm, leisurely, and most certainly something they both found themselves enjoying. There was apprehension about going to another continent, but ... Callie was calmer, most certainly. A lot calmer, at that. There was a comfort that she couldn't explain about going across the ocean, and Adym had noticed it. She hadn't said anything outright regarding it, though, but they both realised she really didn't need to.

She'd also been spending a good amount of time up on the deck, watching the people, the ocean, the sky with the twin suns, and that one figure she'd seen before. Anytime the one that looked like her popped up, she saw him, too. She didn't know if she could trust him, thought maybe he was trouble, but at the same time.... once she got a good look at his face, she realised that he wasn't a threat. She had no idea why she thought that, but for some reason, she did know it.

He wasn't a threat, and he wasn't going to hurt the one he was looking for.

As the other woman came onto the deck again, clad in a rather tasteful bikini, she watched as he followed out after a couple of minutes, and lingered near her. Callie found herself marvelling at how he hadn't been noticed by any of her entourage, but wasn't going to speak up about it. For now, she was just worrying about what was going to come next... even though her thoughts kept drifting to him.

Him, and why he struck such a chord of familiarity within her.

She was torn out of her thoughts as she watched the ocean by hearing someone calling out for someone.

"Sara!" A voice called out. It was a touch deeper than one might have expected, but still has youth to it, and he sounded like he could have a commanding presence if he so desired.

"Where ARE You!?" followed. Callie looked around to see if she could find who was calling out for the other person. She picked up on the concern in his voice, and wanted to help.

♫They say it's not the kids, the parents are the problem // Then if you taught the kids to parent that's the problem solved then!♫

Callie was silent, not entirely sure what to make of the fact that there was an actual centaur there, but before she had a chance to try and process that, she was on her feet and on her way over to him. As she neared, she found herself running through things she didn't even realise she knew.

"Silas brynn lechnai." She greeted once in earshot, not entirely sure why she did.

"What does Sara look like? Maybe I can help find her."

♫They say it's not the kids, the parents are the problem // Then if you taught the kids to parent that's the problem solved then!♫

Callie nodded, smiling softly.

"Don't worry, we'll find her." She told him honestly.

"There're only so many places she could be on the ship, after all." She promised, a definite air to her voice, her words. It was something that one didn't often hear, at least not in the same way that she seemed to deliver it.

---

"Stop struggling, you brat. You're not getting away. I finally got my bounty, and I refuse to not collect my pay." A figure snarled in a language from the other continent as he pulled a short girl with long light auburn hair behind him. She was bound, struggling to break free, and rather bruised as well, if the black eye was anything to go by. She didn't listen, of course, and kept fighting, attempting to burn the one who was trying to steal her, but finding it wasn't working. He had protections against that, as he knew who she was.

"Let me go!" She exclaimed in the same language as the one who was taking her, with fear her voice and face.

"Oh shut up and make this easier. I won't have to kill you if you do." He snapped, backhanding her, hard enough to knock her to her ass. She landed with a cry, the sound echoing in the depths of the ship that they were down to.

He was taking her to what could only be described as an 'escape pod'. He'd smuggled it on board, and it looked like a large ball that was about eight feet in diameter, and made for underwater travel.

♫They say it's not the kids, the parents are the problem // Then if you taught the kids to parent that's the problem solved then!♫

"You are not taking my bounty." He snapped as the girl looked over. She scrambled to her feet, diving behind him, but didn't say anything. Or, well, she did, but he didn't understand it.

"great." He muttered, obviously angry, before withdrawing a type of pistol from within a pack he had with him. He then took aim on the child.

"I was told I should do everything I can to bring her back alive, but if I have to kill both of you, then so long as I do a few specific things, she can still be of use." He told the newcomer in the language that they had spoken first. Obviously this man was good with languages from both continents.

"Move along and you'll survive."

♫They say it's not the kids, the parents are the problem // Then if you taught the kids to parent that's the problem solved then!♫

He let out a cry of surprise, but it was more anger than anything as the vines started to wrap around him. In response, he took aim with the gun, and fired one shot.

The aime rang true, and the girl let out a cry of pain. When the newcomer looked to see what happened, he found the girl holding her upper arm, blood coming from beneath her hand.

"Dammit. I missed." The attacker stated calmly.

"Leave her and you won't be next." He didn't seem to be bothered y the vines wrapping around his legs, which was unexpected.

♫They say it's not the kids, the parents are the problem // Then if you taught the kids to parent that's the problem solved then!♫

The girl was silent, backing away from the newcomer, but it wasn't hard to tell why as she hit the wall behind her. She didn't know if she could trust him, after all. For all she knew, this was just a ploy to get her.

Then again, she had ended up becoming a bit on the paranoid side.

The attacker, meanwhile, let out a cry of shock, surprise, and pure anger, before taking aim at the one that had summoned the vines. As he felt the numbness starting to spread faster, an stronger, and he became aware of how quickly he'd hit the floor, he fired, not caring where he hit on him, just hoping that he did hit.

♫They say it's not the kids, the parents are the problem // Then if you taught the kids to parent that's the problem solved then!♫

She was still, silent, before nodding. She didn't really look to him though, kept looking at the one who was on the floor in the distance.

She didn't move though.

---

Callie sighed as she noticed all of the everyone around her, but no child. At no point did she notice the child, and her and the centaur had been looking for about two hours by this point.

She just sighed, shaking her head.

"I don't know know where else to look..." She muttered, not noticing if anyone else was around.

♫They say it's not the kids, the parents are the problem // Then if you taught the kids to parent that's the problem solved then!♫

Callie was quick to react, making her way over to the pair of them.

"Adym!" She exclaimed as she neared before noticing the ruined cloth at his shoulder, and the cauterised wound.

"Hold on." She then said before looking around. She didn't spot him anywhere before sighing and looking back to the child.

"Sara, right?" She asked. The girl looked to Callie, nodding.

"Your friend Karivyn is looking for you." She added, switching languages with more ease than Adym likely could have dreamed to hear from her.

"We agreed to meet in your room. We're both checking every so often." She added before holding a hand out to Sara.

"Come, let's go back down there. Karivyn may already be there." She said with a soft smile. Sara paused a moment before nodding and taking her hand.

"Ok." She then said, in the same language that Callie was surprisingly speaking for the moment.

♫They say it's not the kids, the parents are the problem // Then if you taught the kids to parent that's the problem solved then!♫