The short man offered to hear Jim out over his breakfast. [b]"Thank you."[/b]

[b]"Oh, boy! I'm starving!"[/b] Flinch admitted. 

Jim followed the little man all the way to his kitchen where he began to eat his bowl of porridge.

[b]"Yuck! You people have any real food here? Don't tell me, that bowl is either hot, cold, or just right!"[/b]

[b]"Silence, Flinch! ...Don't mind my pet. I will make this brief: My name is Captain Jim Hawkins I have traveled the realms and seen a great deal of evil dwelling among us, I sense it upon my noble spirit to conquer any evil that threatens good. I am not much good against dark magic so I cannot defeat the great evil all by myself, so I am gathering a crew of magical beings from across the worlds to assemble together to defeat the threat to the common good. I have a magic map that led me to you, this is no mistake, you have been selected to be the first of my warriors to join the cause. Do you accept?"[/b]

The captain waited for a response allowing his words to sink in. He could sense the good in this man, but wasn't sure if he would be taken seriously. He anticipated destiny and hoped fate would not prove him wrong.