Nausicca helped him ashore after his boat broke
Answer:
The most likely reason Cassie tells Paul to handle Mitchel himself comes from the bottom of the excerpt. Cassie clearly shows a longing for Paul to be mature and tough like she is. She wants Paul to stand up for himself.
Fred is frustrated with his e-mail provider because he didn't receive any e-mails today, due to a service outage.
Answer: The market was busy and full of people selling words. There were crowds of people pushing and shouting. There were huge wooden wheeled carts.