Chapter 100

Fuji was silent for the first time all morning. When Master Christof offered her food she took it until her bowl was empty. She started to apologize again and Rose repeated they had told her to be silent. She kept using the same argument and it kept working.

The men looked a little stunned that Rose had known what to do. I grinned inwardly. It was nice to see them not know everything for once.

It was a subdued day at the keepers. Fuji was still really upset. Her owners had told her never to eat the worms. She said she just couldn’t resist them.

Rose and I tried to comfort Fuji, but it wasn’t very effective. Oddly, she didn’t seem upset they would punish her. Fuji was upset she had disobeyed. Whatever punishment they chose she would take gladly to make up for the mistake. Evidently she wouldn’t feel better until that happened.

Rose and I sat and played cards while Fuji sulked in the afternoon. I missed going out in the ocean. Learning to play the games was fun