‘Sane people pace in their cabin. Skorgen paces with the whole damned ship.’ ‘Why so impatient?’ ‘I expect he wants to tie up in Letheras well before this army arrives. And take on panicky nobles with all their worldly goods. Then we head back out before the Malazan storm, dump the nobles over the side and share out the spoils.’ ‘As any proper pirate would do.’ ‘Precisely.’ ‘Do you enjoy your profession, Captain? Does it not get stale after a time?’ ‘No, that’s me who gets stale after a time. As for the profession, why yes, I do enjoy it, Withal.’ ‘Even throwing nobles overboard?’ ‘With all
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