Rushing a draft
Finished revising before one in the morning
To save space, the stairs on the ship are generally very steep, and the height of the rooms is only about two meters, with piping, cables, and insulation materials laid on top.
Once beds, closets, desks, and chairs are in place, the room is essentially filled.
Bi Fang maneuvered between the seats and the wooden table to sit on the edge of the bed, which was a standard single but even narrower.
There's a good reason for the cramped bed space. At sea, it's best to have a bed so narrow that it snugly fits your body.
Experienced sailors often stuff pillows and blankets at the head of the bed in advance so that when a storm hits, they can grasp the edges of the bed with their hands and brace their feet against the wall at the bed's end to avoid being thrown to the floor.
Outside the room, the ship's corridors barely meet the minimum international convention standard—0.7 meters.
