[i] Her voice is lovely! No wonder the stallion Greenstar swam the sea to meet his singing love! [/i], thought Charter when he heard the Queen. He recalled that song of myth, of the land pony and sea mare. The two endured much dangers, and even confronted the Serpent King himself, before being able to marry. [i] I wonder if they heard the tale? [/i] 

He stood at Sunpearl's command, and followed the conversation between her and Grimwing. "I thank you, your highness," he said after she was finished. When she was out of sight, his mind began to wonder about the "blessing". And the mention of libraries also brought new light - here was a perfect refuge to establish for the Scholarship! [i] Well protected, the cove could host a new Vault, one that would be safe from the falling of Equestria.Vast, our mission seems to have succeeded beyond any of our drea- [/i] He was snapped out of his train of thought by Grimwing, and he followed the crew to help unload the cargo. 

"Grimwing," asked the unicorn as they headed back up the ship. "I didn't want to ask too many questions before, but all this…" he waved a leg at the cave and city ", is rather …. fantastic! I would have never imagined that I'd be here now, having meet the most beautiful sea mare, the most beautiful mare on this entire world." 

"It's boggles my mind how the Fleet could have made contact with this kingdom. Or pass their defenses, if that roar was any indication. I knew you were… oceanic scavenge experts, and certainly not aligned with the Moon and Stars. But this is certainly beyond the typical I'd imagine even for buccaneers. 

"And the Queen also mentioned the Blessing, the mark that all the crew have. I thought it was a tribal identifier that some ships have for their crews. Or some sort of ward for safe travels - I've meet enough sailors to know of some of the customs. But for the Queen to mention it, I can't help but feel that it's more important than that. And you mentioned a Captain Wave, and I assumed he was the commodore of the fleet. But the way the crew speaks of him, they think he was Lord of the Sea himself. What does the Kraken Fleet do? And why is this Captain Wave and the Blessing so important?" 

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Torrential's hat was rather comical looking on Star Dancer. It was very large, and it partly covered her eyes until she readjusted it. The style almost reminded her of Professor Redgrass, a biologist who lived in the Everfree. He was a rather eccentric Scholar, preferring to wear brown robes and a large hat, if less pointed than Torrential's own. The natives of the wood often considered him a wizard, despite being an Earth Pony who only cared for the animals and plants. 

[i] I wonder… did Torrential bring this from the Spiritual Realm, or did he make it here? [/i] she thought. [i] And what is he doing? [/i] Dancer's question was answered by the alicorn's demonstration. Her eyes widened at the sight, a magic unlike she has ever seen. Sweeper did do wonderful things, but it was often mundane compared to this. The sight conjured a memory from an ancient text, "The Journey to the Sun's Land". In it, great warrior ponies could compress their inner energy, and use those energy balls… 

She gasped when Torrential sent the ball of energy into the sky. [i]… to attack! [/i] she thought. She shook her head. [i] Don't be silly, mare. That was just a story… I hope. [/i] Even when Torrential seemed to need help, she stood still. It was until he was back at her side, she asked with concern, "Master Waters, are you alright? Is there anything I can do?"

In the far distance, a grey clad figure wandered the landscape.