He stood around with weird looking all pointing some sort of weapon at him looking all mean and ugly. He didn't care if they were cut-throat pirates or lowly human traffickers and slavers,he came too far to die so easily.

...

(early morning)

The night had been uneventful and he even got some shut-eye.

He had a thought in his mind that the metal thing covering his jaw would rust from being in contact with sea water;the rust would prevent movement of his jaw and effectively wired shut.

This would either lead to his starvation due to his jaw unable to open and denied sustenance through his mouth and eventually too weak to continue his journey and finally thrown to the sea by a passing wave and consumed by the beasts lurking in the deep ocean depths.

Fortunately it seemed the metal used for his jaw support seemed was of high quality and therefore wouldn't rust and causing his jaw to be wired shut and denied food intake into his mouth and on to his stomach to be digested and provide energy to his body and maintaining his strength and continue his journey to find land and nearest civilisation.

*squawk!* *squawk!*

He looked up and saw a white sea bird sitting on the mast of the small sail.

Poor bird must be tired and needed dry safe place to rest. It must also mean land wasn't far but he still couldn't see landmass.

With stealth,he climbed up the mast and with a swift action grabbed hold of the bird with his hand.

*squawkk!* *Squaa-*

He jumped down and used his other hand to snap it's neck with an audible crack.

He remembered from outdoor camping some survival skills and now it was time to put them in good use.

As he felt the bird in his hand go limp he quickly ripped of the head and proceeded to consume the parts most rich with water and nutrients.

He squinted and noticed something in the horizon. It wasn't land but it was something and it was coming towards him fast!

"Is it a whale? A shark?"

Being out at sea made for him hard to focus but in a few moments he was able to discern it was no sea creatures but man-made.

It had sails and a brown hull made of wood. Like an old galleon. It had a little black flag atop the main mast.

"Pirates. Perfect"