Back at the ship, Axel Locates a tinker gnome ship. With Fingle, they misdirect a dock official who is upset with some tinker-gnome "repairs" in progress. They invite the gnomes to inspect the Dardak for possible repairs and upgrades. The gnomes enthusiastically accept, and soon a team of 5 is on board. After some planning, some leave to price the parts they need. The rest stay and install track-curtain webbing in the bulkheadless hold.
Camen and Mojo return and confront Axel. Reluctantly he reveals something about his past. The gnomes then present their full estimate of 25000 g.p. The party manages to reduce their ambitions to fixing the tail section (with rope) and investigating a steam-driven wing-manipulation system for a few hundreds (?) of g.p. To speed the repair time to 2 days, they allot some funds to buy a supply of stimulant pipeweed.
A giff dock official ("Private" Melnar) shows up to inspect the helm, but Camen pays him off to come back the next day. The giff suggests that if they want some help getting helm registration papers, they should mention his name at Utnapishtim's.
After night falls on the city, Mojo, Fingle, and Axel pay a visit to
the Hagfish. En route, Mojo runs into Tasso. Tasso seems upset about
his face being carved up, and hoists Mojo up by the collar for a while.
But Tasso seems more interested in finding Elmarth or Camen, and dumps
Mojo. On the Hagfish, Fingle and Axel case out the possibility of
stealing the catapult.
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