The intervening space between the Company ship to the Flying Dutchman is crossed with a minimum of hassle, the men handling the boats being well-trained and long used to the procedure.
Mr. Mercer accompanies Governor Swann in the second boat to cross, impassively surveying the wave-tossed wreckage in the waters around them. The blue of the Caribbean shines in the sunlight, warm and bright, in complete disregard of the number of seafarers who had so recently found themselves sinking into the sea's ultimately cold embrace.
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Date: 2007-08-29 03:45 am (UTC)Mr. Mercer accompanies Governor Swann in the second boat to cross, impassively surveying the wave-tossed wreckage in the waters around them. The blue of the Caribbean shines in the sunlight, warm and bright, in complete disregard of the number of seafarers who had so recently found themselves sinking into the sea's ultimately cold embrace.