A small empty wooden dinghy floats in front of an immense dark swell.

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Barbossa

So tell me, what's become of my ship?

— Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest  ·  2006

Behind the line

What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker asks for an account of what has happened to a ship they call their own. That possessive word makes the question personal: the vessel matters to them, and its present situation needs explaining. The line leaves the answer, and the speaker’s reaction, open.

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