Astri wonders if she should make salt and sell it slowly, or if she should sell her knowledge to the Emperor and get the ship faster.
She will take time to build everything she needs on the ship. Even if Nature will help her by providing food, she needs to build things to keep everything clean, gadgets that will help her navigate alone, an area to grow crops, and clean water. There are a lot of things to do.
"Once we're back from the ocean, can you buy me paper? A lot of paper. If it's too expensive, I can pay with the gems we will get from the first bucket of salt." She asks Kenzou.
"I have gems. I'll buy for you. Do you know how to write and read?" Kenzou asks her.
"Yes. I do."
"Wow.." Kenzou and Shinkou say together.
"What else do you know?" Shinkou asks, curious.