Deep Sea Embers

"Alice! Keep your head in check!"

The beautiful morning on the Lost Country began with the captain's angry roar on the deck.

Duncan stood outside the captain's room, pointing at the puppet's head hanging from a nearby beam. The corners of his eyes twitched for a long time before he finally saw a puppet body in a dark purple gothic dress panickedly standing up from the side, putting the Take off the head that hangs in the air.

With a crisp "Bo'er" sound in the air, Miss Puppet put her head back, and then trotted over: "Hey..."

"Hey, what, hey, what are you doing hanging your head at my door in the early morning?" Duncan stared at this cursed doll who was always alive every now and then. To be honest, he opened the door early in the morning and saw a head floating in the wind. Who is that? Don't be surprised? Fortunately, he has been on this ship for a long time, and his nerves are stronger than before, otherwise he might have to lose his temper, "Don't tell me you are watching - there are pigeons on the watch!"

"I washed my hair in the morning..." Alice shrank her neck and replied cautiously, "I can't get my hair dry anyway, so I just want to hang it higher to blow dry..."

Duncan: "..."

Alice glanced at Duncan carefully: "Captain...are you angry?"

"You...reasonable." Duncan held back for a long time, and finally could only hold back these words from his bronchus. While restraining the shaking of his face muscles, he had to admit that at least from the life of Alice, the "abnormal 099", From the perspective of the method, it’s really okay to hang your head a little higher to blow the air-the winch on the ship takes a nap as a habit, and the bucket for cleaning the deck has to be rolled to the stern to bask in the sun every afternoon. Living on this ship is necessary It is heart-warming.

From this point of view, Alice, a puppet who has adapted to life on the ship, is really "integrating" with the ship now...

"Captain, as long as you're not angry!" Alice laughed immediately. She seemed to have not only adapted to the life on this ship, but also adapted to or understood the captain's temper. She still respected this powerful ghost captain, but she didn't Just like at the beginning, she only had pure fear, but now she seemed to let go a lot, and even dared to bargain with the captain, "After that, I can still hang my head..."

"No - you can find a place by yourself except the door of the captain's cabin," Duncan glanced at the doll, "I don't want to see the heads of the crew members hanging on the door, or the headless body hanging on the door as soon as I push the door." Shake around."

Alice could only lower her head honestly: "Oh, okay."

Duncan still looked at her thoughtfully.

"Captain?" Alice was a little terrified by the other party's eyes, "Why do you keep staring at me..."

"I just suddenly thought of a question," Duncan said while thinking, "You will lose your hair, right? Do you also lose it when you wash your hair? Then... can you grow your hair?"

Alice was stunned for a moment, her expression was like Ay the pigeon who was suddenly stuck.

After a long time, her eyes suddenly rounded, and she looked at Duncan with a look of astonishment on her face: "I... I... I haven't thought about this question at all! Captain, you..."

The second half of her sentence was almost crying, and she dared not say the last few words. She actually wanted to ask "Captain, are you a devil?", but she was afraid that Mr. Goathead would scold him after she said this, because she underestimated the captain. Powerful and excessively beautified the image of the first natural disaster at sea...

Duncan didn't care what Alice swallowed back at the end, his thoughts had already diverged: "Look, although you can walk, jump and talk, your body is still like a real doll, no You need to eat but don’t need to drink water, and you can forcefully press back the joints that fall off, so can I understand that your hair is a non-renewable resource, if you wash it too much, you will become bald... and if you comb your hair too much?"

Alice was about to cry: "Captain, why would you think of such a terrible thing..."

Duncan: "Actually, I've been wanting to ask you since you cooked that bowl of fish head soup."

Although Alice was sad, she was stunned for a moment after hearing this: "But what I cook is only fish soup..."

Duncan said confidently: "Nonsense, there are fish, heads and soup in it, why not fish head soup?"

Alice: "... Captain, you are reasonable."

The beautiful morning on the Lost Homelander begins with everyone recognizing each other as reasonable.

Miss Puppet left in a trance, she seemed to suddenly have important issues related to the future of life to think about, Duncan was in a good mood, he blew the sea breeze, and then had a simple breakfast - the content was yesterday The fish fillets baked by Alice, shredded cheese, and spirits from the city-state of Pland are not very delicious, but they are the top accompaniments to the current meals on the Lost Country.

In the chart room of the captain's cabin, the goat's head looked curiously at Duncan who was in a happy mood: "Captain, what's wrong with Miss Alice? I noticed that she went back to the cabin absent-mindedly, and hit the door twice when she returned to her room." On...she seems to be preoccupied?"

"She's facing a major life challenge, and I don't think you'll have to worry about her getting into fights with weird things on board for a long time to come," Duncan swung his glass of wine with a look of successful mischief on his face. Smile, "But I'm really curious about one thing..."

"Ah? What are you curious about?"

"Will the cursing puppet really become a bald puppet if its hair falls out?" Duncan seriously discussed with the goat head, "Should there be some kind of supernatural power to ensure that... um , to ensure a certain state? Unfortunately, before I had time to discuss this with Alice, she ran away."

Goat Head: "..."

Duncan looked curiously at this guy who was always noisy on weekdays: "Why don't you talk anymore?"

The goat's head held back for a long time, and finally choked out a sentence: "You really deserve to be the most terrifying natural disaster in the boundless sea... I can't ask this kind of question even if I am killed."

Duncan shrugged and stood up from behind the nautical table.

"I'm going to leave again," he said to the goat head, and snapped his fingers at the same time, a cluster of green flames exploded out of thin air, and Ai, a pigeon in the form of a dead bird, descended from the flames and landed on his shoulder, " As always, you are at the helm."

"Of order, Captain, your faithful omissions below will not disappoint you!" The goat head immediately agreed with a rising tone, and then asked curiously, "Captain, you seem to be...very keen on walking in the spirit world recently? Is there anything on land that interests you?"

Duncan didn't answer right away, but spoke after a little thought: "I suddenly discovered recently that after a century of development, the world has become a little more interesting."

This is his response after weighing it: this sentence did not reveal any directional information, nor did it reveal his lack of knowledge. At the same time, it reasonably planted an introduction that allowed him to pay more attention to the land in the future. The behavior of the world is more normal, and it can also serve as a "reasonable motivation" for the Lost to return to the civilized world if necessary.

And this answer should not violate the image of "Captain Duncan" too much.

The biggest natural disaster in the boundless sea can also be a happy person - because a happy person is compatible with everything.

The goat's head really didn't react abnormally, as if all the decisions made by Captain Duncan were taken for granted: "Oh, you are right, after all these years, those weak city-states should come up with something that interests you It's normal for you to want to use this to amuse yourself... If this is the case, should the Lost Homeland make preparations? Which one are you planning to invade? Prand? Lenza? Or the Frost in the north?"

Duncan listened to the first half of Goat Head's words and still nodded secretly in his heart, thinking that this number one dog leg really knew how to figure out what he wanted to do, but when he heard the second half, his blood started to turn cold - the cooperation of this guy directly turned into a fire , he had to interrupt quickly: "When did I say I was going to invade the city-state? Something interesting just happened, wouldn't it be a pity to destroy it?"

"Ah... yes, what you said is that my suggestion is too reckless," Goat's head immediately changed his words, "Actually, I thought you planned to drive a boat there in the future... Of course, since you don't have such an idea, then This suggestion should be invalidated. In fact, this is also very good. After all, the big city-state still has some strength, and it is a bit risky to approach rashly..."

"Don't casually mention the invasion of the city-state in the future." Duncan glanced at the goat's head, and added another layer of insurance, "We have been derailed from the world for a hundred years, and now I want to regain control of the changes in civilized society. There are a lot of long-term changes involved - don't make redundant plans until I have a clear order."

"At your command, Captain."