"And we lost more than 10, clearly the gods want us dead" Taras cursed

Hearing that, Ricardo's backfilled with sweat, he remembered what happened in the ship's hold and how they offended the Galleon, but since 'nothing' had happened in the following days, he simply forgot, which is why he never the more I bring up the subject.

But after listening to Taras, he felt a shiver down his spine... And if the Galleon had caused all this because of the hold he thought...

This time 'something' did happen, this time he was almost killed by the sea beasts.

"Taras, you have quite a bit of experience sailing, don't you?" Ricardo asked, seeing a good opportunity to get rid of this doubt.

"When your parents were fornicating, I was already throwing nets into the sea, boy" Taras answered, without doubting his experience.

"How bad is it to offend a god in the ocean?" Ricardo asked, somewhat scared.

"Depends..." Taras said with some hesitation.

"But don't!" Taras answered yelling, thinking Ricardo's question well.

Seeing that Taras had not answered his question, Ricardo insisted again "Of course I'm not going to do it, but during the ritual I saw everyone so serious that it would seem that one mistake would kill us all"

"Depends on the god, depends on the offense" Taras said, seeing that the boy wanted to know more about the subject

"There are gods who deserve to be offended..." Lucas added in a low voice, "And it's okay if you offend them"

"Yes, but it's never good to do it, unless you hate them and have the reasons to do it" Taras said

"It still depends on the offense, there are insults that are flattering for some gods"

"Like the whore of the seas?..." Ricardo asked.

"Tusha is not a god with a 'past', he doesn't care about the words or insults he uses, only those who were gods in life care" Lucas commented, somewhat obliged to say that he was initiated into that church.

"And Galleon?" Richard asked.

"The…" But before Lucas could answer, Taras screamed.

"Never, absolutely never, even think of insulting the God of sea beasts on a ship!!" Taras told the young boy as if to remind him, almost like a father teaching his children never to run with a knife in their hand.

"How big is the taboo?" Ricardo asked, somewhat scared.

"It's not exactly a taboo... Straight up, it's a sin punishable by death on military and exploration ships," Taras said.

"The Galleon is a group of gods with a 'past', just like the Pantheon" added Lucas.

"But the Pantheon is insulted every day on my island, it is even a tradition in some families to do so" Ricardo said doubtfully, if it was the same then they were just exaggerating.

"With 'past' but without 'present'..." Lucas said, seeking to speak with mystery because the truth was that he didn't know much about the subject either, and he only knew what the word of mouth of life had taught him, better not to prolong this conversation he thought as he said it.

"Hey!!" Lucas yelled suddenly.

"Catch something, catch something!!" And he started to pick up the line, the other two boys looked at him expectantly.