Redburn
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You are Wellingborough Redburn, selling your brother's shotgun for sea-fare money after your family can no longer afford a proper outfit. A well-meaning friend, hoping to win you respect, tells Captain Riga you are a rich man's son on a lark — and the captain promptly cancels the wage advance you actually need. Down to gun money, a red shirt, and one saved penny, you sign on as ship's boy aboard the Highlander, and the crew renames you Buttons before you have learned a single rope.
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