"It ain't everyday tha' I helps someone pick out an eye, Mr. Ragetti..." Captain Sparrow was delicately examining every thing that the Singaporan merchant had to offer... everything that a maimed pirate could want.. peg legs, hooks for missing hands, eye patches...
Mr. Ragetti was extemely nervous... perhaps he should just keep his wooden eye, or start wearing a patch in a nice color. Captain Sparrow intimidated him, and it was nervewracking to be shopping with him. He wished that Pintel had come with him, but Pinters had had his fill of Singapore and had gone back to the ship.
"Wot ye so nervous about, son? We jus' have t' find th' right color an' make sure it fits proper an..."
"Maybe we should jus' gets back t' th' ship, sir... we been here in Singapore a long time, an'..."
"Nonsense!" the captain dismissed the young man's nervousness with a flip of his slender hand. "Ah! Shopkeeper, my good man! We have need t' make a purchase f' me companion, here... show me yer finest glass eyes, please, an' spare no expense..."
On the way back to the ship, Mr. Ragetti was beaming with pride. He had a new glass eye that nearly matched his natural one, one that fit. It only popped out once during their walk back to the docks, and that was because he ran into someone and his head jerked hard to one side. He caught it neatly, out of much practice.
The captain looked startled, then covered his surprise with a look of disdain. "Don' lose it! Ain't many merchants tha' I knows of wot sells glass eyes as good as that one, an' I don' plan t' come back to Singapore fer a long time, mate."
"...aye, sir...thank ye, sir, fer comin' wif me..." Ragetti shuffled his feet back and forth bashfully, then glanced up at his captain.
Captain Sparrow looked at him for a very long moment, then said, gently, "You're welcome, son... I still think ye shoulda picked th' one wif th' skull 'n' crossbones in the center... but it's your eye, eh? ... it looks right nice..."
Ragetti beamed.
The captain put his arm around the young man's shoulders and they boarded the ship, to leave Singapore behind them, at last...