It be nigh on ten year since I made that deal.

I bin at sea e'er since.

If I could back an say t my young self, say "Jake lad! Don't be a fool! Ye just stick t what ye know and ye'll do right", it'd be none different. Har! I was never one to take no advice an' I wouldn' be avin none of it from an ole cripple like meself!

Nay, nay. The damage be done, and the damage was always gonna be done. I done it to meself with me cock sure gamblin an showin off te all the lads. It was a fall I was destined to take an I took it hard.

Me lesson be well an truely learned. All I can do now is wait it out. See if that harpie comes back to me with me arms an legs an gives me another chance.

She sure was a beauty.