Drabble and a Half - Dynamic Duo
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His first mistake was underestimating the blacksmith. Rash Turner, too rash.
His second, the pirate. That is without doubt the worse pirate I have ever seen.
By the time he’d boarded the Dauntless, cock-sure of apprehending the pair of them, already envisioning their ultimate fate, a short drop and a sudden stop, Commodore Norrington had forgotten the legends behind the man, who’d vanished from under the eyes of seven agents of the East India Company, so confident was he in his victory.
The gang plank’s fall crashed into reality, realization he’d been duped only worsened with the helmsman’s words, he’s disabled the rudder chain, sir!
Sparrow couldn’t resist a final dig. Thank you, Commodore, for getting us ready to make way. We'd have had a hard time of it by ourselves.
His lieutenant summed it up. That’s got to be the best pirate I’ve ever seen.
So it would seem.
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