even if i come back, even if i die, is there some idea to replace my life?
"With that wirey frame of yours and the stories the men tell, I'm sure you could manage." The words walk the line between flirtation and insult, and Eloise punctuates them with a smile.
That Jack wants to keep himself here rather than mindlessly waiting out the journey makes Eloise mentally stiffen with worry. The Maw, from all that she's heard, has been silent for years. What lurks beneath tends to stay hidden. Why then, the concern? " Didn't know you'd be so easily riled Jack, or I might have gone a bit easier on you."
Back turned to the sea and pressed against the railing, Eloise opens her mind to the words Jack uses to describe the Maw and the whales. Before them appears the Maw, or at least what seems to be. It is in fact a whale with its mouth open, slowing moving towards the surface. It's so gargantuan that it appears stable and still, until one day it crashes to the surface and devours not just a ship, but all of Caido whole. "Have you ever thought of writing bedtime stories for children?" She quips nervously, chin tilted up slightly as if to ward off nausea. "
That Jack wants to keep himself here rather than mindlessly waiting out the journey makes Eloise mentally stiffen with worry. The Maw, from all that she's heard, has been silent for years. What lurks beneath tends to stay hidden. Why then, the concern? " Didn't know you'd be so easily riled Jack, or I might have gone a bit easier on you."
Back turned to the sea and pressed against the railing, Eloise opens her mind to the words Jack uses to describe the Maw and the whales. Before them appears the Maw, or at least what seems to be. It is in fact a whale with its mouth open, slowing moving towards the surface. It's so gargantuan that it appears stable and still, until one day it crashes to the surface and devours not just a ship, but all of Caido whole. "Have you ever thought of writing bedtime stories for children?" She quips nervously, chin tilted up slightly as if to ward off nausea. "
