there exists a tipping point between gods and monsters
That's the thing about bonds though, isn't it? They can fray and snap under pressure, and after five years (legit, wtf), a war, and almost every connection he's ever made going down with it, these days it's just Jack, the ship, and Melita when she's around and not being Ludo's menace. (Well, recently it's also been a lot of Flora, the Doubletake's presence acting as a springboard for a lot of first times and a few throwbacks, but it's not enough to welcome Aurelia back with open arms).
"I made you first mate," he grates out, as if she might have forgotten that much, forgotten that it goes so far beyond the washed out, generic platitudes of messing up and wanting to make up for it. "And that was after you fucked off the first time." After she returned as Torchline's QuEeN, a title that has now passed on to someone far more deserving in the captain's opinion.
"What needs to be done is you gettin' the fuck off my ship," he tells her curtly. "I got nothin' to offer you, no olive branches to give. Your loyalty means fuck all, your skills are rusty, an' your everythin' ain't enough. Go beg at someone else's door - mine's closed."
"I made you first mate," he grates out, as if she might have forgotten that much, forgotten that it goes so far beyond the washed out, generic platitudes of messing up and wanting to make up for it. "And that was after you fucked off the first time." After she returned as Torchline's QuEeN, a title that has now passed on to someone far more deserving in the captain's opinion.
"What needs to be done is you gettin' the fuck off my ship," he tells her curtly. "I got nothin' to offer you, no olive branches to give. Your loyalty means fuck all, your skills are rusty, an' your everythin' ain't enough. Go beg at someone else's door - mine's closed."
- Secret Telepath
- Functionally Immortal (Forever 35)
- Two small star tattoos beneath his left eye
- Click for The Ark!
