[se] disclosure

JACK

Watching the daggers land in the sand nearby and wondering, briefly, if Flora is aiming at him or not, Jack eventually catches her drift when the projectile no longer returns to her hand and he's left in horrific, terrifying blessed silence. Only at this point does the captain let out a shuddering breath and pinch at the bridge of his nose, his own thoughts rattling like loose marbles in his skull. Later - hours later, probably, when Flora has either left him on this beach or they're back on the Ark - he'll realise the extent of his loss of composure. And thank fuck it's only Flora who has been around to witness it.

For now, though, he reaches out to claim the dagger she's thrown and been unable to recall, running his fingers across the razor sharp blade. "All this time," he confirms, trying to balance the tip of the dagger on his fingertip and succeeding only in drawing blood. "Providin', y'know, you're less than this distance away." Sucking the blood from his finger, he drops the dagger back into the sand.

"At first I liked that you were naive. Naive people are easy to control." He shrugs. "Now I like your fire, your ambition. Not to mention you're more interestin' than a lot of other people in Torchline."

you wanted perfect, you got your perfect
but now I'm too perfect for someone like you

Code blatently stolen from queen of codes, Sky!