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Adrift
Many years have passed and many things too. He still wears elegant clothes made by one of the last tailors left in the city. He feels handsome, haughty. Bored with academic studies, he left to travel the world as a merchant sailor. Many times he felt the fear of sailors before the raging sea. On peaceful nights, he would take his old guitar to sing boleros and sones learned since childhood in his neighborhood of Rincón Guapo, in the city of stone. In its streets and alleys, he learned the tricks of roguery and the language of the tricksters who taught him not to have borders between good and evil.
TL;DR
- The man traveled the world as a merchant sailor, experiencing both fear and simple pleasures.
- He learned roguery and a flexible sense of morality in his youth.
- He was skilled at charming women, particularly older, wealthy ones, often through deceptive means.
- His methods included feigning devotion in church to meet potential targets.
- He never gave his heart away, focusing on material gain and calculated pleasure.
- As time passed, he realized he had lost his edge and was adrift, unable to recapture his past successes.