Similarly, Bang, like Frederic, has never seen a woman before. Also, he is affected by so keen a sense of duty as an apprenticed pirate that he is prepared to slaughter his own parents until the discovery of the passage of his twenty-first birthday frees him from his articles of indenture.
Similarly, Bang, like Frederic, has never encountered a woman before. Also, he is driven by such a strong sense of duty as an apprentice pirate that he is prepared to kill his own parents until the discovery of his twenty-first birthday frees him from his apprenticeship contract.