Heh. You're not wrong about that. Even Silver... man, for a pirate, he was a hardass, you know? Guess it was part keeping me busy.

He did let us take the skiff pretty far out. You could go as far as the wind would take you, but you don't want to get too far from the ship or you'd be left behind.

[ Jim takes Zell's hands and feels over them again, the calluses on the inside rather than the outside this time. ]

What did you do for the mechanic?