Not bad, Eli thought. Easy on the eyes. Good shoulders and arms, shorter than he himself was, good-looking but not overwhelmingly so. Armed of course, with a gunbelt and pistol that looked as if it had seen many years of use. Eli's own weapons were carefully hidden.
He offered a smile. "I'm looking for passage, and thought I'd ask if you have available bunk space. Are you by chance the captain?"