[SE] maybe then you'll get a little heated too

JACK

Jack leans casually back against the door to the little cabin; it's not as though it will do a damn thing if Vesper wants to leave or get past him, so it feels like as good a place to be as any without intruding unnecessarily into the bubble of tension around the boy that threatens to crack at any moment. It absolutely doesn't surprise him that Vesper doesn't want to talk about it, though the way he glances over his shoulder at him, all guarded expressions and raised eyebrows - it's like looking at a pale-haired reflection for a second, the Captain fighting to keep the surprise from his face.

"Didn't go how you planned, then," he guesses, despite having no real idea whether Vesper had planned anything at all when it came to running into Colt again, only that his response to seeing her at the festival (hazy though the memory might be for Jack) had been similar enough to his own when seeing Flora for him to guess at certain parts.

"Lots of stops before King's End," he points out slowly. "Don't gotta jump ship straight away. Ain't like anyone here knows about it apart from me, an' she sure as shit won't be on board."

believer, believe it or not you'll know
when it ends and how it goes