Why Are All My Crew Members Girls?

His childhood sweetheart says she's kept the books for Lu Heng for ten years, and now it's time to collect a little interest. The female captain says that as long as he can keep the boiler running, the Distant Bell will always have a place for him. The scientist says experience can't disprove theory, unless he's willing to prove it again. The pirate says she can forgive him for capturing her, but she'll spend the rest of her life settling that score. The princess says she'll only experience military life for seven days. She absolutely won't wander from place to place aboard some shabby ship. Many years later, Lu Heng stands in the engine room of the Distant Bell, looking at five completely different voyage plans. For the first time, he thinks repairing starships might actually be the easiest job of all.