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Literal Magic
"What is this supposed to do?" Pintel asked with a frown, giving Blaxton a skeptical look.
Blaxton narrowed his eyes in a small pout. "I don't know," he admitted reluctantly. "But it must do something!"
"I hope it ain't anythin' dangerous," Ragetti said, blinking.
"Aye," Pintel agreed with a firm nod. "Last time I saw somethin' magical it turned into biting monsters."
Ragetti shuddered at the memory of crabs.
"But it isn't a magic thing," Blaxton argued. "These are magic words."
"Calypso wasn't a thing," Ragetti observed matter-of-factly in a low voice.
Pintel shot him an annoyed look. "It ain't make no difference what it is as long as it's magical. Ye go first!" he pointed to Ragetti, crossing his arms over his chest.
Ragetti shifted uncomfortably.
"But there are three magic words so maybe we should say them all at the same time," Blaxton wondered out loud.
Pintel's eyebrows knitted in discontentment but after a moment of consideration he agreed.
"Alright," Blaxton straightened up, very glad that everything was going so well. "I will say thank you, you will say I'm sorry", he said looking at Pintel, "and you will say please," he said shifting his eyes to Ragetti.
To his bafflement, Pintel and Ragetti just stared at him in confusion. Blaxton raised his eyebrows looking between them questioningly.
"These ain't magic words!..." Pintel fumed, clearly annoyed.
Blaxton's face fell a bit. "Mum said they are," he said defensively.
"'Cause they are," to Pintel's surprise Ragetti came to Blaxton's aid. Pintel gave him an incredulous look. "Me mum always said that too," he said with a nostalgic smile.
"She did?" Blaxton inquired with a happy smile.
Pintel rolled his eyes and stormed off, grumbling under his breath.
