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I should say we__ reach England by Tuesday or thereabouts, with a decent wind behind us. It would be a lot quicker than that if we could just sail straight there, but I was looking at the nautical charts, and there__ a dirty great sea serpent right in the middle of the ocean! It has a horrible gaping maw and one of those scaly tails that looks like it could snap a boat clean in two. So I thought it best to sail around that.__itzRoy frowned. __ think they just draw those on maps to add a bit of decoration. It doesn__ actually mean there__ a sea serpent there.__he galley went rather quiet. A few of the pirate crew stared intently out of the portholes, embarrassed at their Captain__ mistake. But to everyone__ relief, instead of running somebody through, the Pirate Captain just narrowed his eyes thoughtfully.That explains a lot,_ he said. __ suppose it__ also why we__e never glimpsed that giant compass in the corner of the Atlantic. I have to say, I__ a little disappointed.
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I should say we__ reach England by Tuesday or thereabouts, with a decent wind behind us. It would be a lot quicker than that if we could just sail straight there, but I was looking at the nautical charts, and there__ a dirty great sea serpent right in the middle of the ocean! It has a horrible gaping maw and one of those scaly tails that looks like it could snap a boat clean in two. So I thought it best to sail around that.__itzRoy frowned. __ think they just draw those on maps to add a bit of decoration. It doesn__ actually mean there__ a sea serpent there.__he galley went rather quiet. A few of the pirate crew stared intently out of the portholes, embarrassed at their Captain__ mistake. But to everyone__ relief, instead of running somebody through, the Pirate Captain just narrowed his eyes thoughtfully.That explains a lot,_ he said. __ suppose it__ also why we__e never glimpsed that giant compass in the corner of the Atlantic. I have to say, I__ a little disappointed.
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