Other Centaurians weren’t surprised to see Purple wearing servile robes, they just assumed Purple was a slave about his master’s business but Purple sensed there could be trouble ahead. With his tentacles held apprehensively Purple approached a crew member and asked to see some Centaurian in charge. The sailor escorted Purple to a supervisor where Purple asked very deferentially if he could work his passage, (that means he hoped he could work instead of paying a fair) and explained that he was a trained engineer. “I have two friends travelling with and respectfully I hope I can pay for them as well with my work.” Purple added, he didn’t realize Brownie could easily have paid for them all. “Can you prove that you are an engineer?” the overseer asked suspiciously.