What a battle! Ned Land himself quickly became enthusiastic, and ended up clapping. In the captain’s hands, the Nautilus had become a formidable harpoon. It threw itself at the fleshy masses, cutting right through the animals, leaving behind two flailing halves. The Nautilus was insensible to the frightening blows from the tails striking its sides. Nor did our vessel heed the impacts from its own efforts.

