when you become a memory you can never lose a fight

JACK

Jack doesn't look at Kaisel, not even once, though the sly spread of a smile across his mouth as he glances towards the bruised fall of night belies his amusement. Safrin is dazzling as ever when she appears in her cradle of cloud and starlight, and though the Captain automatically braces for the meteor shower of her mind, business, it seems, is more important this evening. Quietly grateful for it, he watches the three stars descend towards each of them, celestially binding, and he nods his quiet acceptance of the terms they'd previously discussed.

Flicking the peppermint bark aside and gripping the rail with his free hand, Jack leans out into the open air and touches his star, feeling it crackle through his forearm in a surge of warmth that isn't quite pain but isn't pleasant either. Later he'll discover a new star brand nestled in one of the inked flowers that cover his bicep; an extra little gift from Flora that he'll also never forget.

we've gone way too fast for way too long
and we were never supposed to make it half this far

Code blatently stolen from queen of codes, Sky!