This could be seen as if to say by the ship: "my guns are empty, I am friendly", the fort's reply is: "my guns are also empty, welcome".
Oku kungabonwa ngokuba kukuthi inqanawa: inemupu engangxalwanga, inobuhlobo, ize impendulo yenqaba ithi: "nemipu yethu ayingxalwanga, namkelekile".