I Had Remained Calm

“Tell me the price for your best room and what you need to start a tab,” I said, and the crab narrowed his eyes.

“Three hundred, and you can do what you like,” Sebastien said, and I nodded, making three white sand dollars appear on the table of the twenty I was given.

“We are good, right? If I owe you more, I can square up with you after,” I explained, but Sebastien was still staring at the money.

“Don’t ask. I watched Zack put a Giant Jade Sea Turtle shell in his belly, and I still can’t figure out how he got it in there,” Mati said with a tired-sounding voice.

“Well, I like this one, Mati!”

“You had better if you took that much money! You also better give us the best service you have. I want at least two guides!” Mati declared, and Sebastien winced, but I was curious about what it meant to have a guide.

“Where are we going that we need guides?!” I asked in confusion.