Cries go up from the other men and a few more wake from their sleep below deck. The noise brings them up from their berths to see what the commotion is and they soon go from scowling and complaining to laughing with the others.
"//I'm afraid you'll have to captain from the brig, sir. There's another rat who's already claimed the helm, and he's paid us better. ... Who wants to play with the rat?!//"