Water Woes

Hushed murmurs travel about the cramped hiding spaces of the ship; the drinking water's low, or run out, or contaminated. Many clutch their canteens and skins close to them, now.

Those in the forecastle would have noted an unusual display of emotion from the typically taciturn and stoic Ift Aksil tribesman. In a frustrated and darkly angry outburst from the man, he declared the spillage and wastage of water as a 'way-crime'.