“Oh, don’t worry about it. We women aren’t supposed to be sensible enough to realize our flaws.” Molly laughed outright, finally blowing off some steam from past insults. There was nothing she could do now at any rate. And here surrounded by water she didn’t miss the sea quite so much.
Molly fell uncharacteristically serious. She stared up at the sky above her. “It is a pity. A pity and a shame. There’s not a woman in Tide who couldn’t keep up with her male counterpart if given half the chance. And just who do they think it is that run the households and do all the work when they’re off at sea?” Molly had to check herself before she got too riled in her anger. Her legs came back down under her so that she could tread water. She tried to make the subject light again. “When I was younger, I used to take a few stupid risks. When captains became particularly outspoken against women, I’d sneak on to their ships at night – only for a moment – and hope they were right about their stupid superstition. They never sank though.”