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... as a sheet of molten brass. Ships creaked against mooring posts, their sails furled tight, while dockhands scrambled along the piers shouting in Tagalog, Castilian, and Hokkien. The air was humid, thick with the mingled scents of clove, salt, and sweat.
And just off the main pier stood a new flag.
A deep red banner bearing the golden seal of the Royal Trading Company flapped above the customs house. The symbol—a crowned anchor wrapped in laurels—marked the Company’s arrival not j ...
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