Will's eyeline happened to be on Mal at the time, and he nods at the technique, even as he spins and cuts deep into one man's chest before stabbing another straight through.

He's fighting now, which means he doens't have to think about what he's doing or how to move: it's natural.

Which means he's free to think.

These are pirates he's fighting now. He can tell from the way they're all bravado and fear when they realise how good he is, how ready they are to let their comrades die, and how dirty they fight.

Behind them, unconscious, is the uncle of Sao Feng, the Pirate Captain Barbossa wanted the help of so badly.

Barbossa didn't want him to know this.

Will slices his way through the mean, all the while thinking, and a plan begins to form.

To Mal, with his free hand out; "give me your sword."