[The fleeting smile is encouraging - and he's excited to tell the rest of the story.]
She was a mature lady - and didn't have too many resources at her disposal. First, she procured a boat, as most of Kum-ji's endeavors were out at sea. Next, she needed a crew. Soldiers were out of the question, and she couldn't find the funds to hire mercenaries.
So instead - there were fishermen. There were fishermen and traders, brothers and fathers and friends, who volunteered what little brawn they had. They picked up weapons they didn't know how to use and trained under Gi-gan's command in order to save the town that mattered so much to them. It was a difficult fight, of course, and they struggled initially....
Until one day, a snot-nosed, dirty-faced boy fell out of the sky. He landed on the boat, and he saw Gi-gan's work and he said to her, 'I'll do anything, so let me stay here.'
She scoffed at him - rightfully so. Yet... she took him in.
The boy had been blessed with the power of dragons in his leg, so he could jump from boat to boat and learned how to fight alongside the pirates. For years, they made small gains in order to try to restore order to their town and protect what they could. It was after a visit from at traveling band of misfits, and the efforts of one brave girl who led them, that they were finally able to defeat Yang Kum-ji one one fateful night. The girls he had enslaved were sent back home to their families, and Captain Gi-gan found her victory.
That night, the pirates celebrated and drank to their hearts' content, drinking and laughing... and the next morning they would wake up fishermen and traders again, knowing that their treasure was saved and all theirs.
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She was a mature lady - and didn't have too many resources at her disposal. First, she procured a boat, as most of Kum-ji's endeavors were out at sea. Next, she needed a crew. Soldiers were out of the question, and she couldn't find the funds to hire mercenaries.
So instead - there were fishermen. There were fishermen and traders, brothers and fathers and friends, who volunteered what little brawn they had. They picked up weapons they didn't know how to use and trained under Gi-gan's command in order to save the town that mattered so much to them. It was a difficult fight, of course, and they struggled initially....
Until one day, a snot-nosed, dirty-faced boy fell out of the sky. He landed on the boat, and he saw Gi-gan's work and he said to her, 'I'll do anything, so let me stay here.'
She scoffed at him - rightfully so. Yet... she took him in.
The boy had been blessed with the power of dragons in his leg, so he could jump from boat to boat and learned how to fight alongside the pirates. For years, they made small gains in order to try to restore order to their town and protect what they could. It was after a visit from at traveling band of misfits, and the efforts of one brave girl who led them, that they were finally able to defeat Yang Kum-ji one one fateful night. The girls he had enslaved were sent back home to their families, and Captain Gi-gan found her victory.
That night, the pirates celebrated and drank to their hearts' content, drinking and laughing... and the next morning they would wake up fishermen and traders again, knowing that their treasure was saved and all theirs.