"How long until we reach Kiti-Gara?"
Jaki surprises Carina while she is dumping the skile feces over the side of the vessel.
"Don't scare me like that! I almost dropped the bucket."
He doesn't respond and stares her down.
"It will take eight days from Drummand, we should see the river mouth before sunset."
Jaki doesn't miss how the young Duchess is breathing, her back is straight as she attempts to release the longest exhale with each breath.
It isn't just her, some of the townsfolk even believed that they 'felt something' or are really 'lightheaded'.
They don't realize that a lot of carbon is being released from their body, and the lightheadedness is due to them being highly oxygenated.
She glances behind him at the townsfolk working on tightening ropes that loosen due to the wind's constant tension, mopping the floors, maintaining the cooking fire, or tending to the skiles below.
