It’s a true betrayal, he thought. Just like Hardraker’s one. Are we really so different?
The water mass surrounding the ship became soon a deep dark blue, infinite table, while Johnny could feel a sense of disorientation clenching his stomach so much that he nearly threw out. He tried hard to let himself go to short and regular breaths, till his feeling of having his guts messed up faded away.
“Are you okay, John?”
He turned his glance to the spot the voice was coming from. Alejandro was climbing to the maintop, hanging from the foremast shroud like a monkey ready to jump from a branch to the next one.
“Yes, I am. Thanks.”
“The journey will be still long”, the Spanish boy said. “Try to have some rest.”
“I don’t think I can.”
The other one shrugged and started climbing again.
Johnny
