your touch brought forth an incandescent glow, tarnished but so grand
"Did you have water and air magic back then too?" Flora could imagine how those might have helped seal the captain's place as head of a ship, if only because he could rock her out of hard water or fill her sails when the wind died. If not, and he'd done it just using his telepathy (which, admittedly which a huge leg up), was all the more impressive.
Was she? Looking at Jack, the queen lets her head loll to the side, her expression playful despite the way her thoughts now felt like a cat happily kneading a thigh only for its claws to softly come through every now and then. Torchline was his, was it? Undoubtedly at one time she'd not even have batted an eye at such a statement. "And now?" The queen—queen, Jack—wonders softly.
"And why would I do that?" Flora whispers against the scruff on his cheek, neither reducing nor adding to the distance between them, but perhaps standing a touch taller. "We're going the right way." Clucking her touch, the queen gives her head a little shake. "A good captain gives orders, but a great one lets the crew do what needs to be done." Grinning, she raises her eyebrows, her eyes falling for a moment towards his lips before her gaze lifts. "Don't worry, you'll get there one day."
Was she? Looking at Jack, the queen lets her head loll to the side, her expression playful despite the way her thoughts now felt like a cat happily kneading a thigh only for its claws to softly come through every now and then. Torchline was his, was it? Undoubtedly at one time she'd not even have batted an eye at such a statement. "And now?" The queen—queen, Jack—wonders softly.
"And why would I do that?" Flora whispers against the scruff on his cheek, neither reducing nor adding to the distance between them, but perhaps standing a touch taller. "We're going the right way." Clucking her touch, the queen gives her head a little shake. "A good captain gives orders, but a great one lets the crew do what needs to be done." Grinning, she raises her eyebrows, her eyes falling for a moment towards his lips before her gaze lifts. "Don't worry, you'll get there one day."
