"This isn't going to work" he yelled at the woman. "You said that as long as they insulted each other they wouldn't speak to them to find out it wasn't really them in the first place."

"Oh hush up" she scolded. "If you had done a thorough enough job in the first place this would never have happened"

"The moor is getting wise to us, and your sailor's brother was close. He'll crack it sooner or later, along with the little witch as well"

"Don't start on me boy" roared the woman. "It's not my fault you've lost your touch" she mocked.

"Lost my touch? LOST MY TOUCH! I'll show you LOST MY TOUCH!"
"Oh calm down, this is simple enough to fix" smiled the woman evilly. "That wench is easy enough to deal with. And this time, we just make it so that he won't want to talk to her, either" she cackled evilly.

"What about the moor? And the big man?" he demanded

"Simple. If the big man doesn't believe the moor, then we don't have a problem. Not if he thinks he's a liar"

"And how are we going to do that?"

"Oh, for heaven sake, use your imagination" snapped the woman before she turned to her scrying bowl. "Once I'm done with you Sinbad, you will have no option but to stay with me as you precious wench will have nothing to do with you, along with your precious crew" she laughed manically.

"And what about your end of the bargain?" interrupted the boy.

"Without their captain, they will be all yours" replied the woman nonchalantly.

"My new play things" squealed the boy in delight.

"Not if you don't get me the sailor" scowled the woman before grinning evilly. "And here's how we're going to do it"