JACK
"Flora, I'm tryin' to concentrate." Jack's voice is gruff but not angry as it echoes from the stern, the captain straightening up when the Sugartide finally touches down. Evidently he's been performing his diagnostics all the time they've been crashing landing, and her torrent of thought is making it difficult to arrange his conclusions.
Eventually, ducking around to haul himself onto the main deck, he shakes out his gloved hands. "Could be a lot worse," he concludes. "Sails and riggin' are fine, but we'd never have got this far if that weren't the case. I can thaw out and oil your mechanisms to stop 'em seizin' up again, but your main worry's gonna be the hull when you get back. It's fine right now because it's frozen, but when that melts you'll want to check the caulkin' an' do a full inspection for any cracks."
He doesn't have to, but as if to throw out an olive branch, or to pre-empt any bad feeling, Jack adds: "It's what we do with the Ark whenever we come up this way. Ice in the air is a bitch."
As for what she's going to owe him, he scoffs and heads to the railing to peer over the edge. "For a start you can tell me what the fuck you were doin' out here unprepared. An' when we're back in Torchline, you're swabbin' my fuckin' deck." Wink... wonk?
Eventually, ducking around to haul himself onto the main deck, he shakes out his gloved hands. "Could be a lot worse," he concludes. "Sails and riggin' are fine, but we'd never have got this far if that weren't the case. I can thaw out and oil your mechanisms to stop 'em seizin' up again, but your main worry's gonna be the hull when you get back. It's fine right now because it's frozen, but when that melts you'll want to check the caulkin' an' do a full inspection for any cracks."
He doesn't have to, but as if to throw out an olive branch, or to pre-empt any bad feeling, Jack adds: "It's what we do with the Ark whenever we come up this way. Ice in the air is a bitch."
As for what she's going to owe him, he scoffs and heads to the railing to peer over the edge. "For a start you can tell me what the fuck you were doin' out here unprepared. An' when we're back in Torchline, you're swabbin' my fuckin' deck." Wink... wonk?
fight so dirty but you love so sweet
talk so pretty but your heart got teeth
talk so pretty but your heart got teeth
- Secret Telepath
- Functionally Immortal (Forever 35)
- Two small star tattoos beneath his left eye
- Click for The Ark!
