Dawn pushes a series of tabs which in turn make strange haunting sounds that the whale seems to be listening to. Then the whale lets out a loud rumble and "swims" off. Then Dawn turns to Silver and says, "Don't worry about being the lookout...unless you want to do it. We have an escort that will alert us to any potential danger." Silver is still trying to figure out what has just happened. Did she just...? Ah, maybe he's gone too long without eating something.
Yet, how is she able to steer the ship without actually being on the bridge? He examines her controls, and only sees a confusing jumble of knobs, levers, and serrated button-like...things. He is startled when she suddenly asks him if he would like to steer while she checked the fuel gauge.
He declines saying that she appears to have it quite under control and that if she didn't mind, he would check it for her. She gives him directions on where to find it and is dismayed to see that it too has the same kind of configuration that the main controls did. Why couldn't this girl have anything legible on this blasted ship, he wondered to himself. Eventually, he figures out how to read the blasted thing and returns to tell her that they are dangerously low.
With a grin, she teasingly asks him if he got lost. "No, I did not. Your directions were just fine." She simply replies that she wasn't referring to the directions. Before Silver can ask what she means, a smaller whale "swims" beside the ship and emits a series of low rumbling calls. Dawn then takes charge of the controls, and with a flurrying of her fingers she brings the ship to a smooth cruise. "There we are. I believe we've arrived." Silver asks," Where's here?" Dawn says, "Oh just a secret place only a few people know about...it is a resting stop for us and maybe I can trade for a better, newer ship. One that won't be recognized as belonging to the Navy."
When Silver begins to ask if she is going to dock, she says something about a friend will help her dock the right way. And before she finishes saying that, Silver can see out the porthole, a couple of small sloops dragging a large harness-type thing that they attach to the schooner. Dawn then slows the ship to the lowest speed and, with the help of the other sloops, docks in a strange outcropping. Then when she is sure that the ship is completely docked, she cuts the engines and begins to gather a few important items from a drawer. She seems to decide to leave several things behind, which is when Silver hears people boarding and decides to observe what will happen.
Seems as if that's all I've been doing, he thought wryly to himself, perhaps I don't need to be here after all. But he quickly dismissed that idea, for he had promised himself that he would make sure that she was well looked after. A few motley characters entered the "control room" and were more than a bit surprised to see him there. He could instantly smell their fear of him but Dawn seemed to assure them that he was not to be feared and that he was a friend. Silver's hearing perked up at that. A friend? He only had been with her a few hours and she was already calling him a friend. With her assurance in mind, the goat-like people accompanied them out to a warehouse building. Which Silver soon discovered with delight that it was a place to order food as well as any choice of beverages. Once inside, he hears lively chatter which dies down when people notice him entering. These species are all naturally fearful of Ursids and his being a cyborg is no comfort either. Then when Dawn introduces him as the coveted prize that the Royal Navy has never been able to capture, they seem a bit more accepting of him...which seems a little odd at first. But he soon understands why.
Dawn says to him in a hushed tone that they are all runaways or individuals seeking a better life that was ruined by one reason or another. When Silver fails to introduce himself right away, Dawn takes charge and says, "Everyone this is Captain John Silver."