... still getting his sea legs beneath him.

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What "him" refer to in this Context?

Source: Dishonored
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It refers to the inexperienced person—the son as opposed to the father, the greenhorn as opposed to the old man salt, the one who is still finding his sea legs.
 
As jutfrank implied, 'beneath him' is totally redundant.
 
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