dazing in the dark

JACK

"Ain't seen enough of it to say for sure," Jack says simply, straightening up to perch on the edge of the desk opposite where she sits, placing the cigarette back between his lips. "It was smart, tryin' to involve us in movin' Dreamdust early on," he considers. "But it was dumb as fuck to abandon the region two seconds after claimin' it, all 'cause of a little darkness." And in between, the port under construction at the Spillwave had seemed serviceable but in its infancy; all much of a muchness to the Captain. That aside, her leadership is separate to the role she plays in Vesper's life, so Jack leaves it that way for now. "Why?"

The Eurybia has his eyebrows raising as he reaches out to tap more ash into the tray, Jack not having expected The Ark to entertain the thought of Caido's chilliest ocean a second after talking about desert leadership. "If my reports are wrong, their sources don't know they're wrong," he says; the information he receives is truthful, but of course that doesn't make it correct.

He's quiet in the wake of her suggestion, rising the surf in her mind as if trying to decide where it might lead and what he might do with it. "Long trip for one piece of mageglass," he says slowly. "...But I've made longer trips for less." A smirk kicks up the side of his mouth. "Why the fuck not? Ain't like anyone else is goin' there."

no more than I was or than I want to be
when you fall on me like night, I wanna kill the lights

Code blatently stolen from queen of codes, Sky!