“You do not seem afraid,” he said.
“Nor you,” replied the girl. “We seem the only people aboard who are not afraid.”
“Look down at the prisoners,” he told her. “They show no fear.”
“Why?” she asked.
“They are Pellucidarians,” he replied, proudly.
“We are all of Pellucidar,” she reminded him.
“I refer to The Empire,” he said.
“Why are you not afraid?” she asked. “Are you so much braver than the Korsars?” There was no sarcasm in her tone.
“I am very much afraid,” replied Tanar. “Mine are mountain people—we know little of the sea or its ways.”
“But you show no fear,” insisted Stellara.