"I will need to pick up the Rod of the Sun I ordered in the morning, then some provisions, and packing."

"There are rumors the pirates are summoning unnatural storms, to damage ships, make them easy prey. Should make them easy to find, if they are hunting."

She snuggles into him. "But if they have caught prey already, it will be tricky. Merely landing on the boat in my dragon shape would sink or destroy it, and I would not kill innocents."