"Aye, well met Barefoot. I be Aloroum Hinzel, mighty pirate. Tis good to be a-meetin' a lass I be havin' sommat in common with." The halfling grins as he slaps a bare sole against the mast. "We be havin' the makin's o' a splendiferous voyage. If'n ol' Aloroum be worth 'is salt: I'd say we be headin' to Tempest Cay and a King's Ransom. What say ye to that?"

Aloroum is relieved to have someone to talk to, not used to being ignored. He'll chat with Samms as he works, about Mr. Plugg and his riggers, Captain Weatherlight and her map, the Articles followed by the crew, and the supposed heading of the Gallowbraide. If she gets nervous about talking about any of this: Aloroum will move on to one of his tall tales to keep her in high spirits.

"Now they'd caught me red handed, an' walkin' the plank woulda bin the end of it twere it not for the goose smuggled away in me jacket . . ."

(Diplomacy to befriend Barefoot 29)