i want to taste you again
"No new stars, can't be Safrin," Jack judges with an arch of an eyebrow down at the tattoo showing through the pink mark leftover from The Ark's healing, though he imagines she'll be pleased there won't be a scar to strike through it. "Besides, I doubt she'd be kind enough to heal me without showin' up to make sure we both knew who was responsible." It's not a slight, not on the goddess who had given him so much, but it's nevertheless the truth.
The Ark's reaction is how Jack feels in truth, but rum and grit (and a spreading infection from swamp rat bites, truthfully) make it easy to regard the state of his arm as meh, could be worse. "We're pretty well stocked," he says instead, mouth kicking up at one corner with a smile he doesn't really mean. He leans into the hand at his cheek, hearing her thoughts for what they are despite the clever way she tries to disregard them, and honestly, it's having her here like this that might well save his life in times like these.
"Just do what you can, love," he says. "We'll keep north, but hook east as we pass close to the Hollowed Grounds. Heard they've got wine that heals these days." He doesn't know if it will be enough or what state he'll be in by then, but other than turning around, it's all they can do.
The Ark's reaction is how Jack feels in truth, but rum and grit (and a spreading infection from swamp rat bites, truthfully) make it easy to regard the state of his arm as meh, could be worse. "We're pretty well stocked," he says instead, mouth kicking up at one corner with a smile he doesn't really mean. He leans into the hand at his cheek, hearing her thoughts for what they are despite the clever way she tries to disregard them, and honestly, it's having her here like this that might well save his life in times like these.
"Just do what you can, love," he says. "We'll keep north, but hook east as we pass close to the Hollowed Grounds. Heard they've got wine that heals these days." He doesn't know if it will be enough or what state he'll be in by then, but other than turning around, it's all they can do.
like a secret or a sin
JACK
- Secret Telepath
- Functionally Immortal (Forever 35)
- Two small star tattoos beneath his left eye
- Click for The Ark!
