( Mr. Briggs' patience is a most finite and excruciatingly costly commodity, gradually depleted by the earnest company of his — colleagues at sea. When he accepted this assignment and traded in his service for adequate compensation, he assumed a certain degree of composure, civility and personal hygiene were ingrained within the general population.
He should have doubled his fare.
To his credit, the young man who sidles close smells as if he has neither recently bathed in the entrails of a dead thing, nor fosters great aspirations to become one. As such, Mr. Briggs deigns to answer the greeting. )
The weather is agreeable today. ( Which, translated, means Mr. Briggs is clinging on to his mental health.
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He should have doubled his fare.
To his credit, the young man who sidles close smells as if he has neither recently bathed in the entrails of a dead thing, nor fosters great aspirations to become one. As such, Mr. Briggs deigns to answer the greeting. )
The weather is agreeable today. ( Which, translated, means Mr. Briggs is clinging on to his mental health.
...just as a storm starts to brew. )