Kor continued to maintain his 'offline' charade. Fishing net would not hold him in an emergency, and the more the pirates exhausted themselves hauling around his considerable mass, the better.
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Kor continued to maintain his 'offline' charade, having stated in advance to Robert that if an ideal opportunity to escape came while Kor's head was covered, it would be up to Robert to make that distinction. In truth, he wondered why they were bothering with the sack at all, but questioning it would have given away the trick.