Mira tapped the conch. “This isn’t a cannon. It’s a heartbeat. Thirty seconds to breathe, to think, to choose where the power goes. A Navarch who can’t wait is a Navarch who drowns.”
So whenever you face something overwhelming, remember Captain Mira. You might not control the seas, but you have your own inner “Navarch” — a skill, a calm voice, a moment of clarity. Use it. Then wait thirty seconds. Breathe. And use it again.
So she did something clever.
One squally evening, a frantic merchant ship signaled: “Kraken-touched. Children aboard.”