Or perhaps all the guards simply went on break at the same time? And then quit.
[ It seems as likely. In truth, Anders imagines it's far more likely that they just have... other methods of protecting their fleet. Boobytraps? Wards? Although he detects nothing magic about the ship, and trips no wires, even as they cross the cabin's threshold. Still, he steps cautiously.
Sitting on the heavy desk at the far end of the room there's a more familiar sort of lantern than those buzzing electric ones they have in the city, and it lights when Anders picks it up, kindling such a tiny flame a spell as easy as blinking. ]
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[ It seems as likely. In truth, Anders imagines it's far more likely that they just have... other methods of protecting their fleet. Boobytraps? Wards? Although he detects nothing magic about the ship, and trips no wires, even as they cross the cabin's threshold. Still, he steps cautiously.
Sitting on the heavy desk at the far end of the room there's a more familiar sort of lantern than those buzzing electric ones they have in the city, and it lights when Anders picks it up, kindling such a tiny flame a spell as easy as blinking. ]
Then again, I'm not usually so fortunate.