Los Grumetes

"And your destiny, boy, is one of the most dangerous and exciting professions one can find on a merchant ship," Ron said euphorically as he stopped shaking him and turned him around so that they were both looking at the sunset on the horizon.

Lucas clearly couldn't enjoy the beautiful sunset on the sea of ​​Venus because he was more worried about throwing up what little he had in his stomach.

But for his part, Ron was in awe of the red sky that the sun made as it set.

"Listen boy, the task that the captain gave you is clearly high risk, not everyone ends well after doing it, but believe me one can learn many things from this noble profession" Ron said as if remembering a very distant past

"And what is the profession?" Lucas asked after gathering some strength.

"Your destiny boy is to serve others with honor and effort, it is the path of the hero who sacrifices his soul and spirit for a greater cause so that all the comrades on board can survive on this journey..." Ron said with some mystery and moving the hands in an exaggerated way.

Lucas was a little excited, I don't know if it was because he wanted to vomit or his brain was beating after so much agitation, but it really seemed that he had an interesting profession

"You came from the depths of the sea as a castaway, but as Old Ana's first mate I congratulate you on becoming our ship's second cabin boy," Ron said, a little dazed as his eyes returned to normal.

"Ha ha ha Poor devil.....from church member to castaway...ha ha ha...and from castaway to our ship's cabin boy...ha ha ha... .. It goes from bad to worse .... ha, ha, ha" Said the helmsman while trying to contain his laughter, since his tummy was beginning to hurt from laughing so much.

"And what are my tasks as a cabin boy?" Lucas said, trying to look at the horizon to lose the dizziness.

"Basically cleaning up other people's shit…and listening to their stories when they're drunk" Ron said patting him on the back

"Ha, ha, ha" The Helmsman kept laughing

Lucas couldn't take it anymore, between his nerves because of his new responsibilities and the agitation of rum, his throat couldn't contain it anymore, and he began to vomit.

"Congrats kid!! .... You just got your first assignment...clean up this mess" Ron said as he backed away from the vomit.

"You have a rag and a bucket behind the stairs where you go to the cabins" Said the Helmsman who had already stopped laughing because of disgust

"When you finish cleaning, go talk to Ricardo, he will explain what to do and what are your responsibilities as a cabin boy more seriously…."

Listening to the conversation as he went down Ron, he added, "Surely that rat must be in the kitchen trying to steal some food before time"