Argoth leapt up the stairs to the aftercastle and raced to the stern.

Argoth's quarters lay in the stern under the aftercastle, but he did not inspect them.

The aftercastle swept back out over the water farther than any ship Argoth had ever seen.

The raised bridge, the aftercastle and observation decks and lounges, became steep knolls skinned in topsoil.

In the middle of the aftercastle stood a railing like something you might put around a pulpit.

A midshipman appeared at Argoth's side and relayed that the Divine requested his presence up on the deck of the aftercastle.

She raced a couple of steps, rounded the aftercastle, and saw a lanky young man standing on the deck in the starlight.

It coiled one end about the bowl, the rest of its body stretching along the aftercastle and ending far out over the water.

At the same time the cumbrous forecastles and aftercastles, which must have been equally inconvenient both in action and in a sea way, were removed.