[Winnie just nods as if that was a perfectly believable thing to say. If he's 'never walked better' he must've been truly gruesome before, obviously.

She moves carefully now, climbing down with her little sewing kit held in her teeth until she can jump down the little bit to the deck proper. She takes the kit in hand and smiles brightly at him]

As you say. I think it's a truly wonderful ship. Do you know how she came about? Did you win her in a game, or have her commissioned, or...? [She trails off, curious]