Day 20:
I am home. They say Annie is not here, and I do not believe them. They say that she has run away in the night and they do not know to where she has gone. Still I do not listen. Could it be? Could it?
It could.
She was not there and foolishly I found myself thinking back on the girl on the other ship. "It was she." I had finally gasped, and set on my way. I managed to catch After The Rain before they left port. They were, of course, surprised to see me again so soon. But I told them this was an emergency and they listened. I, obviously, was not their prince, but I was a prince all the same. Royalty matters. When royalty speaks, peasants listen.
I told them to go quickly and so they did. Though it seemed the same pace... I still went rather slow. What was this crew thinking? No faster, no slower...