Exotic discovery

11th July 1574

"I told you, your health is the most important thing right now. I don't care about small delays like this one, as long as I can make sure you are safe and sound!"

With all the meetings and matters in the capital concluded, there wasn't any point in the two of us wasting any more of our time there. After boarding our steam paddler, that just by waiting at the docks still managed to rack quite a bit of attention from all sorts of river-faring folks, I forced my wife to just lie down on the bed inside the reinforced shed of ours. 

While I already promised her that I would accompany her for most of the journey, there were still a few things that I had to deal with before I could seclude myself with her.

"So, how did it go?"

Turning to the captain of the ship, I could see how the last few days impacted both his mental and physical strength.

"Depending on how would we look at it, both great and terrible at the same time."