Pet's heart sank the moment she realized he was moving towards her. Why couldn't she have simply gotten it first try, unless she had and she was just unlucky that she'd somehow caught the interest of this questionable man. In what seemed like the shortest span of time he'd used numerous words which she either was unfamiliar with or knew only in other contexts and her innate curiosity was waging war against her desire to endure the rest of the outing in undisturbed silence. Her reluctance to willfully remain ignorant won out in the end.
She took in what he'd said and tried to piece together what she hadn't been sure about from context but that didn't clear everything up. "What exactly is 'luffing' and what is the jib?" It was a little unsettling to think there could be so many words she didn't understand in a language she thought she'd mastered years ago, even though she knew these words were not the sort in common parlance with normal people. Luffing sounded like some sort of slang and why would anyone but a sailor talk about jibs if, as she had deduced, it was some part of the boat.
She took in what he'd said and tried to piece together what she hadn't been sure about from context but that didn't clear everything up. "What exactly is 'luffing' and what is the jib?" It was a little unsettling to think there could be so many words she didn't understand in a language she thought she'd mastered years ago, even though she knew these words were not the sort in common parlance with normal people. Luffing sounded like some sort of slang and why would anyone but a sailor talk about jibs if, as she had deduced, it was some part of the boat.
Thank you Bee for my stunning Secret Swap gift <3