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Flyin' one of those ships is anythin' but easy, that's for certain the way of it. But once y've made it up there, there's not a damn thing in that sky can stop y'. Well, less there's somethin' up there with teeth, or guns. Or a storm. Storms will bring you down right quick.   A bell rings through the mist and the watermaster glances up, brow furrowed. No ships should be coming in for another two days, and that's the truth of it. He motions to the lookout who skitters into town to call the guard. The watermaster loosens his revolver in its holster.   The chronicler of the Sheeri glances up as there's a knock at the door. "Come in." The door is pushed open and the captain smiles, glancing around at the stacks of papers on the floor, and the various sketches pinned to the walls.   "Aye, there's more out there than y' know. That's why y' got t' have somen to write it all down, and ain't that the truth."   Skydust is a world of ships flying high, scarce water, gunslinging renegades, and the ever-elusive dust that is its namesake: that glitter in the air that holds the promise of eternal fortune to them who find it. If it even exists at all, that is...