Barbossa grinned back. "I had t' see a man about a boat, ye see," he said. "Gettin' back t' me roots, as it were."

He pulled a hugely tacky gold necklace from his seabag. "I be bringin' ye a bribe gift t' apologize fer bein' gone. I were off doin' a bit o' art reclamation, as it were. Redistribution, ye see. The Spanish be not needin' t' have all the treasures o' South America, I be thinkin'."