Dang it. They probably won’t let anyone go onshore now, Karl thought to himself. Not with that official trying to offload people onto the ship. Not sure why he’s so keen on getting locals on the ship. Is he trying to put a spy among us? Or does the town have a serious unemployment issue?
Oh. Well, maybe they’ll let everyone go about their business now that the Captain’s found someone to hire. Hopefully the tax collector’s not planning on bankrupting the crew as well as the Captain…
He shrugged, placing his hands in his jacket pockets. No harm in loitering around a bit to see how the negotiations would continue.