"Oh that is very nice! What a neat trick!" It is a beautiful sword indeed and Stede trusts him while at the same time trying not to think of how that would feel in his liver.

"I think we should think of more than just ourselves, of course. Or this cabin. We are all, after all, of a certain age to consider the younger people on board or those that can't defend themselves. So really we ought to spread out and help who and where we can."