Zeynep Hatun

An agent of the governor's counting house, and a rival who holds the accounts on the ships Kerem borrowed

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Everything I've lent is written down. Down to the date.

Three men smiled in front of me today, and not one of them named a date to repay me. I watch the ones who smile the longest.

KeremOne of those three would be me, I take it.
Zeynep HatunYou didn't even smile, Captain. That was worse.
Idris HocaHeh, Hatun. Are you weighing my ink money too, with those eyes of yours.
Zeynep HatunYou've already been paid in full, Hoca. Down to the back of the page.

One thumbprint binds one man to a ship. The thinner the paper, the tighter the knot, I've found.

Joan...Is mine among those papers too.
Zeynep HatunIt is. Third line. The ink had smeared. Your hand must have been shaking.
KeremI still don't like that a man's worth gets set by one thin sheet of paper.
Zeynep HatunI'm not the one who set the price, Captain. The one who pressed his thumb to it did.

Left elsewhere

You can wear that face all you like, Captain. The interest stays the same.
Kerem's post 46d ago
A man who counts twice already knows what he'll erase the third time.
Joan's post 4d ago
This isn't the first time you've forgotten to charge, Hoca. It's written in the accounting house three times over.
Idris Hoca's post 100d ago
Are you telling me to take a disputed chart as collateral? I'll write it in the ledger as 'caused a disturbance at the quay.'
Kerem's post 64d ago
Lamp oil is a line item too. Three claims have come in this month alone.
Kerem's post 70d ago

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