> "That's the funny thing."
> Jerk a thumb at the dowsing rods.
> "I don't need to ask them. I'm a dowser. If there was anything unusual and valuable on this ship, I would have spotted it when I ran a sweep over it a couple of days ago. I didn't pick up anything out of the ordinary."
> Point down at Miyuki.
> "And judging by the look on her face while I was asking about this relic thing, she doesn't appear to have any more of a clue about it than I do."
>"Perhaps she doesn't know," the lead tengu says. "But it
is still here. If you can't help us find it and you don't even know
what you're defending, then just stand down; we'll be done here soon enough, and you can be back on your way."
>"Even if we did have... whatever this is," Miyuki says sharply, "where do you get off thinking you can just waltz in and take it, anyway?"
>The leader's response is calm, her expression scarcely changing. "Aya thinks she'll be a better steward of it than Lady Scarlet will."
>"We're wasting time!" the second tengu cries. "We're supposed to secure the lower decks, not go and have a chat with the crew."
>The leader gives you and Miyuki a hard look. "She is right, of course. One last chance: stand down or we're going through you."
