Alcuin's brows lifted at the information that the men who had bothered him were to be removed from the crew. Cheeks flushed, he looked back and forth between the two pirates, giving his wrists to be unchained.

He clasped Krem's hand very tentatively, unaccustomed to that form of greeting. "Alcuin," he replied, nodding shyly at the offer of help. "I think a fair amount of it was... confiscated. I'd like to keep my books, at the very least."