Ve hunt!

It sure vill be goot to have Maxim vith two hands again. Not dot I minded de metal vun, but...dis iz better. De surgery heppens tomorrow schtarting early in de morning, und I tink dot I iz going to vatch de Mistress do her schtuff. Should know vhat de inzides of him looks like too, eh?

[wry laughter]

He vill be fine. Gott knows he haz lived through vorse before. Und dis iz to fix vhat's broken, not an injury. Even zo, de vaiting iz getting on my nerves. I tink dot I vould rather have it all done right now, vith Maxim recovering und letting tings heal vhile Jenka und me goes out to look for Oggie zome more. I kissed de place vhere de scars iz, und iz fonny to tink dot I von't zee dot again ever. But goot.

I cannot vait to have my choice of hands to hold.

(backdated to right before everyone starts exploring the wreck.)

I hope dot de tinking goes all right for him. After zo long, I should trust him, und I do. More den I trust lots of pipples. But I still tink dot mebbe I should have said zometing different, or noting at all. It vould be easier den dealing vith de not knowing. Und knowing Maxim, it may be more den just a couple of days.

Hnnnnhh..vell, at least dere's plenty to do around here. Heh. Ezpecially vith dot shipwreck. It vill be goot to get out und exercise more den I can here, dot's for sure. Even if I doesn't know vhat de future holds, I can keep busy until I do.