Spade didn't seem to understand.
"Oh, what do you mean?"
"It's all spoiled. Totally inedible. Arranged by the crew of the merchant, no doubt."
Merchants were known to be even tougher than the men of the navy, but this act of cunning was something completely unheard of.
"Unnerving how everything goes wrong all at once," the captain said. "Laid a friend to rest in his grave, now we'll have to bargain with that old curmudgeon again. Let me be. Every single one of you that dares to disturb me will get slapped."
"Vexes me, this truly vexes me," the first mate said. "I am close to snapping. Let you be? Let me be. Everything aboard this ship is because I've let it be so. Men, ropes, swords, everything. Mend my heart with some paw, healer. Everyone should follow my lead in that."
"Due to the current circumstances that will be allowed," the captain said.
