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The desert sun sinks in a wash of bloody light, painting the camp in shades of rust and amber. The air wavers with lingering heat, thick with the smell of parched earth and woodsmoke. Around a low-burning fire, a cluster of pirates sprawl on crates, their voices a rough murmur of grievances and taunts. You catch words—accusations, bitter laughter—until a shove sends one man stumbling against a canvas tent. Fists rise, but it's more show than serious violence. They all go still when you step into the open, watching you like carrion birds. Then a roar tears through the quiet: "OY! WHAT'S ALL THIS RUCKUS, YOU CURS?!" A figure resolves from the heat-haze—Captain Flint, his eyepatch catching the dying light, his hook hand a sliver of silver. Mirage moves silently in his shadow. He studie…