Pol's green eyes warily surveyed her surroundings. The sooner she could leave Cape Town the better. Every day she spent here she ran the risk of being discovered. She was lucky so far that no one had realized she was Sea Shepherd. Her job was to keep the whalers in the dark and now that being raised to a whole new level of difficulty as Yushin Maru #1 docked beside her. He took a look at the Norwegian flag flying from her stern.

"God dag frue." He greeted. (Good day to you madam)

Pol bit her lip. It'd been a while since she'd spoken her native tongue and she prayed to the Ancients she wasn't as rusty as she thought.

"Og til deg sir. Hvordan kan et japansk skip lære å snakke Norsk?" She asked. (And to you sir. How does a Japanese ship learn to speak Norwegian?)

"Lots of studere madam." He replied. (Lot's of studying madam)

"Å lære et nytt språk er vanskelig. Jeg fant ut da jeg måtte studere engelsk." She said. (Learning a new language is hard. I found that out when I had to study English.)

"As did I." He agreed, his Japanese accent coming through thick as he spoke.

"Ah, there we are. I haven't spoken my native tongue in so long, I was getting rusty." Pol said.

"You sounded just fine to me, madam. Your accent is perfect." He said.

"You flatter me, sir." She giggled, ducking her head to hide her blush.

"No, do not hide your face On'na." He said. (Woman)

"Why?" She asked.

"Because you have such beautiful eyes. It would be a crime to hide them." He replied.

Pol ducked her head again.

"So shy." He purred. He eyed the name written on her bow. "A male's name is an insult to call you by. Would you happen to have another name?"

"Pol." She replied.

"Yushin." He greeted.

"I gathered as much. But which one are you? There are three."

Yushin chuckled. "It's easy to guess wrong. My siblings and I are exactly alike. I am Yushin Maru #1 for future reference." He said.

Pol nodded. "Pleasure." She said.

He tipped his head to one side. "You don't seem too happy about my presence." He said.

"Well, I was leaving soon and was hoping to get a nap in before I left." She replied. "I was just about to when you came in."

"Ah, I shall leave you in peace then madam." He said.

"Thank you." Pol curled up and went right to sleep.

...

Pol couldn't have felt happier when she saw the look of shock on Yushin Maru #1's face when he saw her. That shock quickly turned to anger.

"Pol, you traitor!" He snarled.

"How am I a traitor sir?" She asked sweetly. "I was never a part of your fleet to begin with."

He opened his mouth to reply but ended up closing it again.

"And for the record, my name is M/Y Bob Barker." She growled.