You have the right of it. Flattered I am, all the same.
You've not met a single pirate in nigh 300 years? I reckon Fortune must favour you. Bloody bunch of thieving rogues, pirates are.
[ a pause. ]
It's a freedom like no other, to be sure, but I miss not the maggoty bread, nor the watered rum. [ aaand shifting the focus, ] Are you truly a vampire, and a king at that?
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You've not met a single pirate in nigh 300 years? I reckon Fortune must favour you. Bloody bunch of thieving rogues, pirates are.
[ a pause. ]
It's a freedom like no other, to be sure, but I miss not the maggoty bread, nor the watered rum. [ aaand shifting the focus, ] Are you truly a vampire, and a king at that?