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| 35 | 125 | View more quotes about thus">Thus it could police and threaten other islands, ensuring their cooperation. |
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| 35 | 122 | "Do so," I said. |
| 35 | 123 | "I think," said Sakim, "its utility is best seen as fourfold. |
| 35 | 124 | First, it is fully enleagued with the corsairs, unlike other living islands. |
| 35 | 125 | Thus it could police and threaten other islands, ensuring their cooperation. |
| 35 | 126 | Second, it could give the corsair ships a port at sea, out from Sybaris, a depot where they could obtain water, food, and other supplies, and even, if necessary, repairs. |
| 35 | 127 | In this way the corsair ships could remain longer at sea. |
| 35 | 128 | It could also serve as a warehouse for bulky or unusually valuable loot, not easily disposed of at a given time in Sybaris. |