full speed ahead 'til I'm dead in the fast lane
"Playin' by the rules is overrated," Jack says, because of course he does, the captain stepping back to hoist himself up and sit on an upturned barrel, easily able to ignore the manta violence going on behind them. "Besides, let 'em underestimate you. It ain't an advantage you'll have forever." And he doesn't even mean because of her youth; there's only so long Flora can keep being successful, even covertly, before people begin to expect it from her.
The images that sway and dance through her mind earn a private smile around his cigarette, and if the smoke rings he blows are perhaps a little more wobbly than usual, so be it. He follows the thread of her thoughts like they're part of the very same puzzle she's talking about, because this is Jack's bread and butter. Criss-crossing psychic lines, mapping out Torchline's hierarchy through hidden desires and dirty secrets - he knows it all too well. "Watch yourself - that kind of thinkin' is addictive," he murmurs with a knowing look.
The images that sway and dance through her mind earn a private smile around his cigarette, and if the smoke rings he blows are perhaps a little more wobbly than usual, so be it. He follows the thread of her thoughts like they're part of the very same puzzle she's talking about, because this is Jack's bread and butter. Criss-crossing psychic lines, mapping out Torchline's hierarchy through hidden desires and dirty secrets - he knows it all too well. "Watch yourself - that kind of thinkin' is addictive," he murmurs with a knowing look.
- Secret Telepath
- Functionally Immortal (Forever 35)
- Two small star tattoos beneath his left eye
- Click for The Ark!
