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One of a mariner's worst nightmares is to awaken at night to the cry of "Fire!" Fire at sea is quite different from fire on land, say, in a house or village. - (Avengers of Gor, Chapter 57, Sentence #185)

They did not realize the nature of the fire, its extent or violence. Some thought that our ship was genuinely afire, either by accident or that we had deliberately fired the ship, certain that all was lost, to immolate our vessel and the corsair ship in a common conflagration. Few unfamiliar with maritime matters realize the seaman's terror of fire at sea. One of a mariner's worst nightmares is to awaken at night to the cry of "Fire!" Fire at sea is quite different from fire on land, say, in a house or village. There is nowhere to run. Flames burn and water drowns. If one is fortunate, one might people a longboat, a small vulnerable craft, with limited water and food, on a wide, lonely sea. - (Avengers of Gor)