The men who had gone through the trouble of shipping the creature to Silver had suffered all kinds of injuries along the way and had nearly gone through a complete shipwreck, because the creature had been using her tail to slam against the tank she was trapped in, making sounds and shaking the ship from the inside.
They had lost three men to her sharp fins and pointed scales, which looked like the most beautiful jewels in the world but were as sharp as blades the moment she decided to use them to fight, and she had used them more than once.
Now, having finally brought her to their destination, she was acting restless again after being silent for hours, hitting the tube with her tail as though she intended to break through it.
