#see an opportunity and take it etc etc

[etoilesombre]

The age difference between Silver and Flint came up earlier, and now I'm thinking about it.

I think we are supposed to see Silver as somewhere in his mid 20s. Flint is at least 10, and probably more like 15 or 20, years older, and has been one of the most famous and feared pirates for the past 10 years. And I'm just thinking about how we make fun of Silver for thinking such crazy things about Flint, but, assuming Silver had been in or familiar with the American colonies or the West Indies, he would have been hearing stories about Flint since his adolescence. He very possibly *thinks* of Flint as a competent adult to his child, even if that is no longer the case. Is it really such a stretch to think that he controls the weather? Literal legend.