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there exists a tipping point between gods and monsters

Flora doesn't need to fluff his ego - Jack knows he's impressive, knows he's built his life and his business from the ground up in a searingly short period of time - but the fact that the Doubletake's mind paints it as a realisation rather than some swollen and unnecessary compliment gives him pause. Tilting his head a fraction as if the gesture alone might provide him further insight into the parting curtains of her thoughts, the captain lets the dark spill of it wash over and through him, gleaning slow understanding in the gloom.

"You'll be painted a villain in more than one story," he warns, though quite why he feels it necessary to defend whatever kernel of light still exists within the Doubletake is beyond even his comprehension. "People won't stop wantin' what we have. We might have to kill to keep it. Maybe worse than kill." And whilst that is par for the course when it comes to the captain, for all of Flora's burning glory and lofty aspirations, she's still made it clear what type of life she does not want.

And he's not convinced her ideas will marry up in practice. As Remi Taliesin had also discovered, after all, no rules don't necessarily mean no consequences.