A Place Beyond the Sea the Voyage of Tial Bito

Excerpt: "The raging sea bellowed, "Am I not all-powerful?" "Indeed," replied the mariner of old, "but I am persevering. When you are resting from your rage, I will attack you, and in the end, I will sail through you. You will soon know that I, too, have powers." The raging sea then proclaimed scornfully, "Come to me then, foolish mariner, and I will show you powers beyond your most vivid imagination and dreams. I will tempt you and even be comforting at times, only to entice you into my deepest and worst turmoil. My incessant forces of terrible violence will then crush and consume you." "I am coming upon you, raging sea," declared the defiant mariner of old. So it was that the battle of men and their ships against the sea began. The grim battle is still being fought to this very day. The raging sea never lost, and if the mariners of old simply survived, it was victory enough."