It was almost morning by the time they got to Cape Claw. Lorna showed them to the bar where Ross hung out.

It was small, round and the walls were covered in posters for the Indigo-Go's.

"Hal's band?" Blitz asked.

Lorna nodded "But they kicked him out about a week ago."

Blitz pulled up a stool and looked at the shelves behind the bartop. They were covered with perfectly cut crystal glasses, pictures, old guns; the sort of stuff you expect to see above someone's fireplace. He drummed his fingers impatiently on the counter. Suddenly, a shuffling was heard from a back room Al light flicked on and moments later a rather tired-looking chicken came through. His yellowed feathers were disorganised and his eyes were rimmed with black.

"I'm sorry," He yawned "We're closed at the moment."

"No, no... I'm sorry. It's just that I've been travelling for days, and I really hoped I could relax."

The chicken yawned again "Well, come back in about..." His eyes almost rolled back in his skull as if he was looking for something. "Two? Maybe three hours. I haven't slept well for a while."

Blitz grinned "I can relate."

Back outside, on the beach, the others had lain down in the sand and were talking.

They stopped when Blitz came. "Three hours."

"What?"

"Three hours." He said again. "Three hours 'till I get the information I need." He wandered past the row of figures, kicked off his boots and lay down next to Sakura.

"Well," Nick sat up "I'm no mathematician, but I'd say that means we have three hours to kill." His stomach growled "And I'm so freakin' hungry."

Lorna sat up and met his eyes. "Do you fish?" She grinned (if birds can, of course).

"To be honest, I try not to." He laughed. "I have no reason to, and frankly, I suck."

"It's not your fault." Sarah, who was lying between them, sat as well, "There is absolutely nothing in the Cornerian sea. Not with all the pollution and chemical dumping."

Lorna ignored this. "You can't be that bad. I mean, if there really is nothing to catch..."

"Hey guys!" Came a voice from behind them. Blitz grinned. He stood up and turned around.

"Ross! Long time no see!"

"I thought you were dead," The albatross replied.

"I am,"

"Oh... So I was hallucinating..?"

"No, it's kinda hard to explain,"

"Then don't bother. Sakura! How long have you been here?"

She stood as well and went to greet him. "I'd say about..."

"Two hours?" Lorna said. "Give or take,"

"Not long, then,"

"You seem... relaxed, Ross. And that's a bad thing, for you," Blitz said.

"Why shouldn't I be relaxed?"

"Umm... Well... Your son's been kidnapped. Doesn't that bother you?"

"He can look after himself. The way I see it is: If they didn't need him alive, then they would have killed him in the temple,"

Blitz nodded "Makes sense. Very... vague sense, but sense nonetheless,"

"Besides, you know that he's alive, don't you?"

"Sort of..."

"Anyway... What brings you lot to Sauria?"

"Two reasons, really," Sakura said.

"Firstly, our ship's broken down, and I can't figure out what the hell is wrong with it,"

"Me neither," Cut in Nick.

"And next, we need your... expertise in translation,"

"Well, I ain't never said "No" to a dead guy yet,"