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Learning to sail.
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Sirius
Marcus
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Long time ago in the kingdom of 
Afrova, there lived a rich merchant 
known as Marcus. He was the head 
of the Merchant Guild of the 
continent, until he retired.                             
                            
He had a handful of boring 
qualities like honesty, simplicity 
and willingness to do hard work. 
With his kind wealth and position, 
he didn't take advantage of being a 
widower, but instead wanted to spend 
the rest of his uneventful life in an
uneventful peace. (Click anywhere)
Yet things did not go well as he 
wanted it to - as a father, he 
was sorely disappointed. His elder 
son, Sirius, was the sole reason of 
his unhappiness. And this is where 
our story begins...
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You called for me?
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Yes, I need to talk to you. I am getting old and you will need 
to learn to support yourself when I am gone. What am I to do 
with you?

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Why do you keep calling me for the same boring lectures? You 
have powerful contacts and connections. Bribe the men, send gifts 
or threaten them to give me a job if you are so bothered about me.

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You should be ashamed to even ask for such things! Is this what 
I brought you up for? That I should stain my good name and 
legacy to plea and beg for people to give you a job? Look at your 
brother, in spite of his age he is picking up business tricks quite 
fast. You should learn from him at the very least.

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Look father, I'm not good with trade and commerce. I'm better at...

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...befriending thugs, fighting with people, stealing and other 
such 'noble' things!

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ENOUGH! I'm tired of your patronizing attitude. I don't need
it or your 'legacy'. I would be better off on my own.

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You ungrateful...GET OUT! And never show your face again! I 
will think I have only one son, that is your brother. I'm not 
giving you a SINGLE penny more. Go to your 'noble friends', 
let's see how friendly they are when they find out you have 
no money.

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FINE! But I will be back with powerful merchants and fearsome 
captains under my command. And then I shall rightfully take away 
everything that you so hold dear... even the imported wine you 
hide under your bed. 

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...not my WINE, you EVIL!

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The argument between the father 
and the son is closely kept secret in 
their family to avoid disgrace. Marcus 
declared to other people that Sirius 
is out of town to do some errands and 
prayed he would never come back. 
                           
Sirius collects his belongings and 
steals a lot of money from his father's 
vault before leaving the house. He 
buys a battle ship and hires crew 
men with that money. He knows he is 
worthless at trading, so decides to 
escort other merchant ships through 
the sea and protect them from pirate 
attacks. Now he is sailing for the 
first time, he needs to get used to 
sailing.


