Moonhawk

Chapter 16 - The Library

"That's really interesting, I must say." Mr. Food admitted and started to clean the kitchen while he talked to him. The purple captain also finally finished with his snack as the white bean continued:

"Imagine finding such a rare feather that has the power to let others recover from their bad injuries. A feather that lets you summon a sword when you need it the most. Isn't it a big deal for Moon to handle all that right now as well?"

Now thinking about it... Hawk never had the time to ask her. In fact, Mr. Food could be right about this. Knowing for sure how sensitive she can get and how sudden new things can affect her, on the other hand, she seemed to be fine. She was calm as she went into the room to talk with him. Not a single ounce of fear was seen in her visor, just sadness and sympathy. Holding the banana peel he had in his hand tighter, smashed the created fist slightly on the table and leaned his other hand on his forehead. Hawk was over thinking, how to answer his question the best.

Mr. Food noticed that the question was a bit too much for Hawk right now to handle, as he didn't answer him. "I am sorry, Hawk, if that question was a bit too much. I was just thinking, ya'know."

"No, Mr. Food. It's alright." He said and stood up from his seat. Whispering the last two words, Hawk said in repeat, after he threw the banana peel into one of the cafeteria's trash cans and looked down to the ground. "It's alright."

Back in the captain's room, Moon asked Shepp out of curiosity: "And what would you like to change, Shepp?"

The orange one sighed and walked a bit nervously around. "It's really complicated. And besides, on second thought. I don't want to get kicked out of this crew once I tell you about that."

"What are you talking about?" She didn't really understand what he meant. Her feelings were all still too overwhelming and too much. She couldn't think clearly and had to ask not to misunderstand him. While Moon was asking that, the sword started to flicker in her hands and disappeared. It seemed to be exhausted from the fight before.

Shepp hesitated to answer her question. "Well, Slimey and I might have had some plans. Let me say it that way... those plans, you know... wouldn't have been a good thing for our crew. Especially not for Hawk."

That whole conversation was too confusing for Moon. She shook her head slightly to get her thoughts back in the right direction. "Let me get this straight: you told me you would be willing to help me with the sword training and then, you and Slimey - you and..."

Shepp noticed on Moon's visor how much the current information he was trying to give her was overwhelming her. "Was that already too much at once?"

Everything was suddenly getting too much for the cyan-colored bean. Moon felt how her thoughts raised up all forms and shapes that she could think of and more. She shook her head once again before she leaned her back on the table while she was looking at the orange bean. Her thoughts overheard Shepps words, and she couldn't answer.

"Moon?" He tried again in the hope of getting her attention back.

"Huh? Oh, I am sorry, I'm just..." She stopped as she couldn't find the right words to tell him anymore.

"Is it better for you if I talk with you about that later?" Shepp then suggested. "You seem pretty overwhelmed at the moment."

Moon wasn't sure what she should do right now. She silently started to shiver a bit.

"No. It's just..." She then simply answered Shepp. What was Shepp talking about in the first place anyway? She asked herself in deep thoughts.

The cyan bean continued with thinking: They had plans. What kind of plans? Plans, that wouldn't have been a good thing for the crew? Why is he afraid to get kicked out of the crew once he told me about it? Thinking more about it, how they treated the crew in the past, they always searched for troubles, that was a thing, yes. But wait... "Shepp, do you hide something from us?"