The Man Who Laughs Part I, Book the Second, Chapter III - Troubled Men on the Troubled Sea

In which a somber voyage sets forth beneath an uncertain sky, where the captain with diligent eye and steady hand navigates his humble vessel through the capricious breath of the January sea. The night, cloaked in muted starlight and whispered legends of sunken realms, enfolds wanderers wrapped in tarpaulin, as the ocean’s hidden amphitheatre looms with silent, ancient presence beneath the waves.