The Partner/dialogue


 * The Partner: Hello there!
 * Player: So what work do you actually do here?
 * The Partner: Ah - well. Let's not skirt around the wreck here, partner. I'm an old man. I'm not young or fit like your good self.
 * The Partner: No, I'd only get in the way if I was out there trying to manage this place with you.
 * The Partner: To be honest, I'm not sure if I ever was that capable. Even in the glory days I reckon I was just in the right place at the right time.
 * The Partner: The old port just seemed to run herself.
 * The Partner: These days I reckon it's best if I remain a silent partner.
 * The Partner: I'll keep an eye of Duncan, here, and make sure he doesn't cause any mischief. That's almost a full-time job on its own.
 * Player: How did the port end up in disrepair?
 * The Partner: You think I frittered my money away, right? Spent all my dosh on good livin' and bad choices?
 * The Partner: Well, I can't claim to be the most savvy businessman, but believe it or not, it wasn't all my fault.
 * The Partner: This port always traded with the east, ever since I founded it. We didn't send ships out to the east, the merchants travelled here.
 * The Partner: And the things they brought here. I made a fortune. Richest man for miles.
 * The Partner: And then suddenly they just stopped coming. This must have been twenty years back.
 * The Partner: So I did some investigating, sent out ships of my own. Only a few made it back.
 * Player: What happened?
 * The Partner: Well, they came back with stories of huge sea monsters; hydras, huge flying turtles, whales the size of islands that ate only men's skulls. The beasts had started targeting ships, as if they were instructed.
 * The Partner: Turns out it was a seasinger called Quin. Seasingers have the power to control the oceans - and those that in it - through song.
 * The Partner: But they need to be close. Now, somehow Quin had found a way to control the monsters all at once from afar.
 * The Partner: She held the east to ransom. She wanted them to worship her like a goddess, of course those Easterners don't believe in gods so they weren't going for it.
 * The Partner: With no one coming from the east, my port just... fell apart. What could I do?
 * Player: Work to do, must be going.
 * The Partner: Of course, of course.