Stacy:
I’ve been wondering about something.

Caelwyn:
Then ask.

Stacy:
Why does someone become a privateer?

People say it’s greed.

Gold.

Power.

Adventure.

Is that really where it begins?

Caelwyn:
No.

Those are reasons people invent afterward.

The real journey begins much earlier.

Stacy:
When?

Caelwyn:
The first time a person realizes…

they’re living a life someone else chose for them.

Stacy:
A fisherman can be free.

A merchant can be free.

Even a sailor serving a king can be free.

Caelwyn:
Yes.

Freedom isn’t where you stand.

It’s who decides where you go next.

Stacy:
So why leave?

Why risk storms…

war…

and the gallows?

Caelwyn:
Because some people fear losing themselves…

more than they fear dying.

Stacy:
Then the black flag isn’t always a symbol of piracy.

Caelwyn:
No.

Sometimes…

it’s simply the moment someone says,

“From this day on… I choose my own course.”

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Not every voyage begins with treasure.

Some begin with a question.

Who is steering your life?

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