Previous<\/a> \u2013 Book1 Page9 \u2013 Next<\/a><\/p>\n Chapter 2<\/strong><\/p>\n Charming or Tedious<\/strong><\/p>\n The guard at the piquet post salutes Commander Crush as she and KristalClear arrive, and with a minimum of fuss they are both waved through. Turning left onto one of the dusty, earthen tracks they continue, walking in the direction of the Innovation Lab.<\/p>\n KristalClear has some questions.<\/p>\n \u201cHave you ever met a pirate?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWhen your job\u2019s patrolling the Irish Sea,\u201d says CandiCrush, \u201cyou\u2019re certain to meet them at some stage.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWhat are they actually like?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cTedious, to use the expression favoured by Oscar Wilde!\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWho\u2019s Oscar Wilde?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cHe was a nineteenth century dandy. He started out as an author and became an actor. He\u2019s reputed to have said, it is absurd to divide people into good and bad, people are either charming or tedious<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cYou can\u2019t have tedious <\/em>pirates!\u201d says KristalClear, \u201cthey\u2019re vicious aren\u2019t they, warlike thugs? Surely they\u2019re wicked <\/em>not tedious<\/em>?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve met quite a few,\u201d replies CandiCrush, \u201cthough only briefly. The average pirate is just a pawn in a bigger game. Generally, they\u2019re trying to earn a living and support a family. The ones we really need to sort out are the warlords deep inside Worringfolk. They control everything, and they won\u2019t go to sea. They don\u2019t want to take unnecessary risks.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cYou take risks though! How much time do you spend at sea?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI thought you knew? When I\u2019m<\/em> on maritime duty you<\/em> grab every opportunity you can to take Handsome out for a ride,\u201d says CandiCrush, \u201cI know what\u2019s going on, even when I\u2019m not here!\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cYou said I could? I remember the first time I met you. When I was eight years old you taught me to ride. You brought Handsome to the Pony Club in Williamson Park, and you said<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Previous<\/a> \u2013 Book1 Page9 \u2013 Next<\/a><\/p>\n Previous \u2013 Book1 Page9 \u2013 Next Chapter 2 Charming or Tedious The guard at the piquet post salutes Commander Crush as she and KristalClear arrive, and with a minimum of fuss they are both waved through. Turning left onto one of the dusty, earthen tracks they continue, walking in the direction of the Innovation Lab. … Continue reading “Chapter 2 Charming or Tedious009”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=646"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":902,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646\/revisions\/902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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