The ship slowly lazed into the port, as the shouts of hurried men and the stench of freshly caught fish assaulted our senses. None more so than Eve, who looked aghast before she then quickly schooled her expression, just as the final knots were tied to the pier.
The port of Hei Sha was not unclean. In fact it was rather proper, despite the bleak atmosphere that naturally seemed to settle over the area due to the black water and earth around them.
The avenues leading up from the main dock area into the expansive fish market were wide and well swept. The guards, those whom Khairrudin claimed to be corrupt officials who always hungered for a larger share of their accomplices ill begotten gains, lacked all the foulness you'd associate with such men.
