1 {huge fireball engulfs the entire scene}
1 [sound]: Fwackoom!
2 {dead pirates lie on the barge}
2 Mordekai: Hey! The pirates are all dead. And we're all untouched. And the barge isn't even singed.
3 Mordekai: I thought you said travel by water affects the accuracy of your fire magic?
4 Kyros: Have you ever known me to hit exactly what I wanted and nothing else before?

Amazing!!

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2014-10-13 Rerun commentary: In hindsight, this strip would have been better if I'd added some blackening of the pirate bodies, and wisps of smoke rising from them.

Yes, I could have improved things by making it gorier!