Casca 17: the Warrior
“But he urgently needed to make some money, and slaving had been his purpose in coming to these islands. Nor, in the time that he had been in the Pacific islands, had he seen any prospect of any other way of turning a sizable penny. He certainly had none of Larsen's revulsion for the trade. He'd been a slave himself more than once, and had owned slaves without number. As far as he could see, the practice of slaving was as much a part of the human race as warfare or thievery or deception. He was ...as happy to be a slaver as he was to fight, steal, or deceive, as circumstances might demand.
But stranded on the most westward of the Cannibal Isles, way outside any shipping lanes and without arms, men, or a ship, he could not see how he was to accomplish the trick of obtaining such a cargo and getting it to Australia.
Cakabau's threatened raid seemed to present the nearest thing he was likely to find to an opportunity. If the slaver, Savage, carried the raiders to Navola in his ship, as seemed likely, then there was a chance to defeat Cakabau, capture his men, seize the ship, and sail it to Australia.MoreLess
But stranded on the most westward of the Cannibal Isles, way outside any shipping lanes and without arms, men, or a ship, he could not see how he was to accomplish the trick of obtaining such a cargo and getting it to Australia.
Cakabau's threatened raid seemed to present the nearest thing he was likely to find to an opportunity. If the slaver, Savage, carried the raiders to Navola in his ship, as seemed likely, then there was a chance to defeat Cakabau, capture his men, seize the ship, and sail it to Australia.MoreLess
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