[He'd always thought that Francis Drake was supposed to be male. But there was something about a red-haired woman with a scar on her face that struck him as familiar-- something that he should be making the connection to, but wasn't.]
[Hadn't there been a rumor about the queen...]
[The question was plain as day on his face, but even he thought it was too fantastic to ask.]
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[He'd always thought that Francis Drake was supposed to be male. But there was something about a red-haired woman with a scar on her face that struck him as familiar-- something that he should be making the connection to, but wasn't.]
[Hadn't there been a rumor about the queen...]
[The question was plain as day on his face, but even he thought it was too fantastic to ask.]