marked me like a bloodstain
Would he? Almost immediately Flora knows that the answer is no. Theirs is not a love that promises it would do anything and everything for the other, and while it has been tested by death and come out the other side, it's still new enough for whatever roots might eventually grow to have only started to wheedle their way down toward bedrock.
"Do you want to come and meet him now?" Glancing over her shoulder toward where the Ark was moored in the harbour, Flora returns her stare to Hotaru's. "He...no." Firmly said, the queen gives her head a little shake. "Jack won't leave Torchline, not even for me." There's no sadness or upset in Flora's voice as she says this; for all of Flora's fantastical musings, she's never once painted Jack out to be someone he wasn't. "Come and talk to him. You'll see I don't need to leave. I'm safe here, especially aboard the Ark." For all the reassurance and comfort her mother's presence inspired, ever since her murder only the captain's touch could send her to sleep or stop the rising tide of panic that nightfall always seemed to bring.
"Do you want to come and meet him now?" Glancing over her shoulder toward where the Ark was moored in the harbour, Flora returns her stare to Hotaru's. "He...no." Firmly said, the queen gives her head a little shake. "Jack won't leave Torchline, not even for me." There's no sadness or upset in Flora's voice as she says this; for all of Flora's fantastical musings, she's never once painted Jack out to be someone he wasn't. "Come and talk to him. You'll see I don't need to leave. I'm safe here, especially aboard the Ark." For all the reassurance and comfort her mother's presence inspired, ever since her murder only the captain's touch could send her to sleep or stop the rising tide of panic that nightfall always seemed to bring.
