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"You don't remember...? Why is that not surprising...?"Said the captain in response, thinking it wasn't much of a shock. Well, there was always somewhere to start, "You wandered up on deck, and in case you haven't noticed, we're in a bit of a rough patch as far as weather is concerned. You ended up going for a little swim. We fished you out quick enough but..." Li's eyes turned to Allen to explain what exactly was going on with the sickness.

The healer wasn't too shocked to find that Lina had skipped most of the details on everything that had happened, but he didn't want to mention it. "You've contracted a virus. Its not contagious except to others with your manipulation. The thing is, that's what it feeds on,"He started, hoping to explain this as simply as he could, "Every person with a manipulation has the trigger for it flowing through them...Think of it as the thing that lets you use it whenever you want. But with viruses like the one you have, the sickness starts to eat that trigger, and make you ill. Since you've got a water manipulation, you sought out water...and since we're on a ship, you went for the most easily accessible, namely, the ocean."

"Cael, where exactly are you going to go?"Said Li, with a bit of a laugh in her voice as she said it. Honestly. They were on the ship, in the middle of the ocean, in the middle of a storm. Where the hell was there for him TO go?

"We'll be moving you to the Captain's quarters for a while, and keeping you away from the other water-elemented members of the crew,"Explained the healer, hoping that would alleviate some of his worry. Then he moved to the Navigator's second statement, "As for your ability to think, that's got a lot to do with the water you drank. As long as we keep you hydrated properly, you should be able to keep a clear head. You'll probably wake up in the mornings a bit disoriented until we get to port, but hopefully, that won't be too long."

Li filled the cup again, once more holding onto it as she held it for the Navigator. "Come on, drink a bit more. I want you lucid as long as we're in this storm,"she said with a slight tone of command, even though he probably didn't really need it; with the way he'd been inhaling the water, Cael would probably be eager to down a bit more.

Allen blinked. Well, he was about to suggest the same thing before the Captain beat him to it. But, he supposed it didn't really matter as long as they could keep him hydrated one way or another. "Hopefully that won't be too long..."he said softly, letting thoughts of the storm creep back into his mind. He couldn't help but wonder if he was needed on deck for injuries...After they got that treasure, he was going to ask for an assistant.

"Well..."Allen did have to think of the rest of the crew as well...And for the moment, Cael's symptoms were under control...In fact, he had seemed to have gained a bit of a lead on the virus...It wasn't quite able to keep up with his healing...Of course, then Cael mentioned the captain leaving the water. "Oh no. She's not going back up,"he said stubbornly, pulling his rank again.

"Excuse me? Are you telling me not to go captain my own ship?"She said, honestly understanding, but a little annoyed that he had tried it. Li was certainly not one to remain below while her crew was at risk. She did not hide, she did not sit quietly, and she did not listen to orders particularly well.

"Yes, I am. Stay here, and keep giving him water. You know as well as I do you aren't in any condition to be on deck, and someone has to watch him. Since I'm needed elsewhere, that's going to be you,"Said the healer flatly. He knew in the end she'd agree, but sounded as though he were preparing himself for a battle if needed.

"What?! Why can't Terran stay?"She said, realizing only after that her words came out as little more than the whining of a child. After all, the Earth Manipulator was needed to help balance the ship with the others...But that didn't mean that as Captain she had to be happy about missing out on the excitement.

Allen just shook his head a little, with a smile, as he recognized the defeated look on her face...Thankfully, the spirited Captain Nox had seemed to have decided that now was not the time for a war of words..."Come on Terran, let's go,"and with that Allen whisked his way back out into the rainy dark.

Aerion blinked, for the first time in over a minute as the other spoke; He had been staring at the flickering flame in a daze. He rubbed his eyes a little, realizing he had gotten distracted again...He had to stop doing that. Thankful that he had once again returned to reality, he tried to take in what the question had been, "Wait, what?" It came to him seconds later, and he thought about it truthfully for the first time in a while.

"Hmmm.."the dirty-blond haired man thought about it...At first, he had recognized them with the ghost of a memory in his mind, not truly knowing them but almost as though it were something he had heard from a friend of a friend about a vision. it was an odd sensation. "I thought I did, But...Well, she's a client, and she has promised to pay, so who'm I to argue one way or the other?" He finished, deciding that was his chosen course of action.

The dealer frowned as the flame moved out of sight, but he held his silence about it. "If she is, we'll still make her pay our fees. Its hard to dispute that she's hired us...So treasure or not, she's in our debt...Besides, she seems...the odd type. Hell, true or false, it might be good to have someone like her to call a favor in from,"he said in response.

He took a step to the side, trying to bring the flame back into his line of vision without letting Tamior notice...Looking at it a little longer couldn't hurt, could it? Besides...Its not like that one candle could distract him from anything major...Hopefully.

"hopefully, this won't turn out to be one of those things we grow to regret..." Aerion really tried his best to avoid such situations, but every once in a while they came back to bite him in the a**. Usually, he could venture some kind of guess as to how a situation would turn out, but this time he had little to go on...Therefore, he could really only hope for the best, and be ready for everything else.

He took two steps to the side, as though he were just doing it out of bordem, finally bringing his beloved glowing flame back into view. His eyes glossed over almost at once.