"Don't talk nonsense." Texas Yake rolled his eyes at Perona. "Auntie Zhi Jing is old enough to be my mother. I only want to find her to repay her kindness. She saved me when I was very little."
"Uh, that's it?"
"What else would it be? Isn't that enough? A debt for saving your life isn't so easy to repay."
"You can barely look after yourself, and you're still thinking about repaying her?" Perona asked with a laugh. "Will anyone come to save you?"
Texas Yake shook his head. "I don't have many friends. Probably not."
"Then you can wait here to die. My captain will definitely come to save me, anyway."
"You keep talking about your captain. So who is he, exactly?"
"Lin Mo, of course," Perona said matter-of-factly. "He's the most, most, most amazing person in the world."
"Oh, I've heard of him. He does seem pretty formidable," Texas Yake continued. "But if he's really that strong, how did the Marines manage to catch you, one of his crew?"
"Ahem, that was an accident." Perona cleared her throat. "If the captain had been awake, and Little White had been there, nobody could've taken any of us! Anyway, you wouldn't understand even if I explained. Just keep your eyes wide open and watch me get rescued. Hahaha."
"Provided you can hold out until he gets here," Texas Yake said with a faint, ambiguous smile. "It's only been a day, and you already can't stand it. How many more days can you wait?"
"Shut up! I'll hold out no matter what!"
"Mm, all right. I'll wait and see, then."
"Hmph! Don't talk to me. I'm done with you!"
After that, neither of them spoke again.
An unknown amount of time passed before Perona grew too sleepy to stay awake. She