The only rules that really matter are these: What a man can do, and what a man can't do. Now, you can accept that your father was a pirate and a good man, or you can't. But pirate is in your blood, boy, so you'll have to square with that someday. Now, me, for instance. I can let you drown- but I can't bring this ship into Tortuga all by me onesey, savvy? So, can you sail under the command of a pirate, or can you not?