you play the victim with your finger on the trigger

JACK

The transition between Hak Etme and King's End has been a harsh one for the crew, and Jack can only imagine how The Ark is feeling about it all. But business calls from multiple regions, and in this one he's got some loose ends to tie up and a meeting with Vesper following a (hopefully successful) jaunt into the Oerwoud. While the young demigod warms his hands along the docks, the rest of the world continues to move around him in a hurry against the cold, coats pulled close and collars turned up against the sharp wind coming in off the Arclight.

Jack only leaves him waiting for a few more minutes, emerging from what's best described as a floating shack that seems almost suspiciously nondescript. He's tucking something into the lining of his coat with bloody knuckles as he steps back onto the docks, telepathy immediately catching on the void where thought should be as reaches out with greedy fingers for anything of note.

Vesper certainly fits that description, the Captain's footsteps somehow both loud and soft as he crosses the hollow boards to the barrel, the wind and sleet kept at bay by his magic. "You're back," he says by way of greeting, lowering the defences around his mind to offer the equivalent of a mental handshake.

you are a quiet god
and your hunger is cavernous

Code blatently stolen from queen of codes, Sky!