The captain was furious. "I warn you, if you want to name this ship the Bounty, I shall be Captain Bligh!" His right hand punched forward in vehement emphasis. The crew stared at him in deep and attentive silence. The voice then came from the middle of the pack – high, thin, disguised, rendered more effective in the tense quiet by the tone of laughter. "Yeah, and we'll cut you adrift!"
The tension among the crew was hard, menacing. Wind Rode was perilously close to mutiny.