JACK
see me falling
yeah, down and lonely
yeah, down and lonely
Scrunching his nose in a silent equivalent of if you say so before promptly waving a hand at her as if to stop the mental pictures she's conjuring from parading through her mind, Jack eventually stills and flicks the butt of his cigarette over the Last Step into the snow below, his brows furrowed as he tries not to think of the very man Flora is imagining. That man is feeble-minded and weak and a danger to everything the one sitting beside her has built.
Luckily, Flora's change of subject - the imagery of them fucking notwithstanding - is enough to shake his attention back front and centre, and the captain groans if only because he knows he has to answer rather than shoving her off the step. Good idea though, Flora.
"At first? You were someone worth knowin'. In that way, of course I'm a clever opportunist - you've learned to be one as well." He shrugs. "I get close to you, you an' your powerful friends are suddenly more accessible than they once were." Simple as that. "Then you started to get ambitions about bein' queen, and I've always made it a habit to be in the pocket of Torchline's ruler. Did it with the governor before the barrier fell, did it with your good ol' dad, with Maeve, with Sunjata..."
So far, so regular.
"D'you know, though, you're the only person for a long while who's wanted it long before they had it?" It's always been a here-and-now decision for those taking it on, always a necessity. Not for Flora, though. "I liked that." It's far from the end of it, of course, but at least she can get her head around it before he continues.
Luckily, Flora's change of subject - the imagery of them fucking notwithstanding - is enough to shake his attention back front and centre, and the captain groans if only because he knows he has to answer rather than shoving her off the step. Good idea though, Flora.
"At first? You were someone worth knowin'. In that way, of course I'm a clever opportunist - you've learned to be one as well." He shrugs. "I get close to you, you an' your powerful friends are suddenly more accessible than they once were." Simple as that. "Then you started to get ambitions about bein' queen, and I've always made it a habit to be in the pocket of Torchline's ruler. Did it with the governor before the barrier fell, did it with your good ol' dad, with Maeve, with Sunjata..."
So far, so regular.
"D'you know, though, you're the only person for a long while who's wanted it long before they had it?" It's always been a here-and-now decision for those taking it on, always a necessity. Not for Flora, though. "I liked that." It's far from the end of it, of course, but at least she can get her head around it before he continues.
are the angels on their way?
i’m in the dirt
i’m in the dirt
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