Lovely chapter. It’s great to see Julian growing into himself after ‘exile’, with the captain’s steady presence as a surrogate father, one who guides and teaches with understanding and support.
I was confused by the part where Julian speaks with the captain about his idea to load coffee from Kona Bay. How would he have that depth of knowledge of the coffee plantation ? I feel like I missed some description of a conversation between Julian and Sam earlier that would have explained it. Regardless, thank you for your work. I am now going to bone up on my Hawaiian history!