A sharp shock was required
to get a reaction from dulled
reflexes as the sound of
shuffling feet awoke him.
She whispered to him & he
smiled, not understanding
the words but knowing their
meaning. "It isn't only pirates
that have memories". At first
sight this might be seen as
encouraging but everything
pales before the demand of
the instant. Promiscuity or
saturation occur as reactions
to scarcity. This sounds
like something he might
have learned at pirate
school!

The thing 'the pirates' liked
about 'the ants' is that they
worked so very hard. Since
few people knew each other,
nobody really knew what to
talk about. She hears stories
in her head & they are like
dreams being recited by
somebody else. Reading
philosophy, he discovered,
produces a strange 'drunkenness',
entirely unlike anything else.
There is a reported case of
a pirate cutting a man to
pieces & then licking
the blade clean.