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the voice lumbers down the stairs.
"ah there y'are, what's got into you? a cabin-boy's no use if he won't come when called!"
confused and indignant, you pipe up, "but, i'm not a boy? you must be looking for someone else"
the figure scoffs derisively. "yeah, right, my sincerest apologies to the Big Strong Man dawdling in his hammock all day!" he grabs a fistful of your shirt, lifting you into the air and pinning your back against a nearby post almost effortlessly. you pray he hasn't noticed your bindings, intimately aware that this man's could crush you into greasy scrap without a second thought.
"yer a boy until ye can keep both feet on the ground around the real men. understand?"
- ["aye, sir"](sir.html)