[ It's quite cute, how earnestly she reacts to his lies. ]

[ He takes a bit of time to work back down those shoulders, bringing forward another pair of tentacles to help him in the process of unraveling the knots on her shoulders while he slowly begins his story. ]

The hero was a boy who started from quite humble beginnings. The son of a fisherman, who only knew a life full of fish, had joined a warrior's ship destined for the lair of a creature whom had terrorized a nearby kingdom. He was mocked for his lack of knowledge in a warrior's way, teased by the other sailors, and in their jeers they would call him 'Captain'.