there exists a tipping point between gods and monsters
"Unsurprisingly that doesn't fill me with confidence," Jack drawls, accidentally voicing what Flora's thoughts have already surmised. "Though I daresay the regular wisps are probably pretty tame compared to these." All that is to say that he has no intention of following them to find out what they might have in store, and he also resists the urge to look behind them until he can once again hear the lapping water of the estuary and the trees begin to thin out.
Raising his eyebrows - almost breaking up or not, the appearance of any Family member is enough to sober the captain considerably, no matter how innocuous Vox might be compared to the others - and squeezing her closer against his side, he has to force his jaw to unclench before he speaks. "But he didn't do anythin' to you?" he asks in a low voice, finally glancing back as they emerge from the woods. No will-o-voids, thankfully.
"Well, looks like we're findin' a different way of gettin' to the village."
Raising his eyebrows - almost breaking up or not, the appearance of any Family member is enough to sober the captain considerably, no matter how innocuous Vox might be compared to the others - and squeezing her closer against his side, he has to force his jaw to unclench before he speaks. "But he didn't do anythin' to you?" he asks in a low voice, finally glancing back as they emerge from the woods. No will-o-voids, thankfully.
"Well, looks like we're findin' a different way of gettin' to the village."
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