A small kerfuffle

"Ning? NING!!" Tony shouted over the rowdy noise of the bar, trying to catch Ning's attention.

"What?" Ning asked, looking a little unfocused. "Sorry, did you say something?"

"Yes," Tony said. "What's up? If you are still tired, we can go back to the hotel."

"Oh, no. I was just paying attention elsewhere. Something dangerous had come up and I had to be ready to act at once if I was needed to," he said.

"What? What danger?" Tony asked.

"Nothing you should concern yourself with. It's all fine," Ning said, glad that the two youngsters had run away safely on their own. He hadn't expected Tim to do what he had done, but maybe he had been underestimating the man.

He was the same person who got himself onboard a treasure-hunting ship after all.

"I was asking, why did we come to this place in the first place," Tony said. "There has to be a reason. Surely you didn't bring us here for no reason."