By the time Amaris made it to the deck, her head was spinning, her feet were barely stable, and she was certain she bruised a rib in that last fall. But her mind was reeling, calculating the possibility of this working. Of them surviving.
"What? No!" She heard Slygrin before she saw him. He was facing Wind Tuner standing on feet much steadier than hers with a huge wooden crate in his arms and a stubborn pinch between his eyebrows.
"Sly, did you get the sails?" Amaris interrupted.
Slygrin's glare vanished as he turned to her. "Yes, I-"
"Amaris, good. You're here." She looked at Wind Tuner, confused. "I need to take you and Sly out of here."
"What? No!" She echoed Slygrin's earlier protests. She also found herself in a similar stance to his as she said, "I'm not going anywhere."
"Am-"
"Look, Wind, we're out of time and I need your help. Maybe we can survive this."
At that, Wind Tuner froze. "What?"