Things have not been easy for pirates lately, but he is still Sao Feng. None dare oppose him... or at least none here in Singapore. He eyes the stranger with great suspicion.
"Barbossa."
Glancing off to one side, his eyes narrow in thoughtfulness and his hand moves to cover the scars evident on his head and face. "It took 18,000 years for chaos to balance into yin and yang before Pangu could begin to create the world we know." And in what seems the blink of an eye, all of Pangu's yin/yang balance has been defeated. The nature of that defeat wears the uniform of the East India Trading Company: to him, this makes little sense. But he also knows that this is not a time for imperiousness. If this man has something to offer -- something of actual use -- he'll find out.
"Some days I think the fleas that fell from Pangu's fur became one too many race of human beings."
One that looks and sounds suspiciously like this man in front of him right now.
"Now, why do you think I have reason to provide your Captain Barbossa with a ship? These are precious commodities, not to be given away lightly to the first tāmāde húndàn who has the gall to break into my home and fight with my men and ask."
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"Barbossa."
Glancing off to one side, his eyes narrow in thoughtfulness and his hand moves to cover the scars evident on his head and face. "It took 18,000 years for chaos to balance into yin and yang before Pangu could begin to create the world we know." And in what seems the blink of an eye, all of Pangu's yin/yang balance has been defeated. The nature of that defeat wears the uniform of the East India Trading Company: to him, this makes little sense. But he also knows that this is not a time for imperiousness. If this man has something to offer -- something of actual use -- he'll find out.
"Some days I think the fleas that fell from Pangu's fur became one too many race of human beings."
One that looks and sounds suspiciously like this man in front of him right now.
"Now, why do you think I have reason to provide your Captain Barbossa with a ship? These are precious commodities, not to be given away lightly to the first tāmāde húndàn who has the gall to break into my home and fight with my men and ask."