Emerald asks gently how the Captain's wife died.

"An infection she got while working at the bar apparently… I was out at sea… Didn't hear about it until a good six months afterwards…" The captain says, looking blankly out at the waves.

Feeling bad, Emerald quickly asks what she was like, and if she was a zebra or a pony.

"Oh, she was like myself, a zebra born and raised in the big city. She was expressive, and always knew what she wanted, and wasn't ashamed of asking for it. Some might have called her some rough words, and they may have been true, but I loved her all the more for it." The captain says, perking up slightly.

Emerald asks about what he knows of Joyride and her past, and about Sunshine Sea and their falling out.

"Oh, well I didn't know Sunshine had stopped traveling with Joy until a little while after it happened. I guess a guy came between them or something. It's kind of funny, when I first met them I thought they were a couple until… Well, I'll tell you about that part when you are older, heh." The captain says with another chuckle, "As for her past, I'm not too sure. Joyride's odd about it. She'll tell you all sorts of things about herself, but with other things she'll sidestep the question entirely. At the time that didn't matter much to me though. I just knew I was hanging out with three hotties and was enough for me." The captain says giving Emerald a smirk.

Emerald thinks about this mysterious Sunshine Sea. He wish he knew more. Looking back at the the Captain, Emerald realizes the seafarer is looking thoughtfully upward. A few seconds later he says, "I know she's traveled a great deal of places. Even more than myself, and that's saying something.