Not wanting to alarm the Captain and Tomo, Lavender climbed the ladder to the poop deck, no faster than she had climbed the ladder to the quarterdeck, but she was relieved when she saw her aunt stood at the stern rail looking fairly relaxed. Leonora did not turn to look at Lavender, since she was concentrating on the magical wind vortex created by the ritual and her own magic, she just said, "Don't worry, I put a lid on it."