Pirates! (One-on-One)

“It does. It does matter. I can’t have you going into this thinking that you’re making the right decision.”

 

“You don’t want to talk about it because you know I’m right.”

 

“You don’t die,” he replied angrily. “That’s good enough for me.”

 

He went silent, his form tight and hostile.

 

He pulled away from her as they headed up the stairs, clearly frustrated.

 

He pursed his lips as they climbed the steps, his fingers twitching as they moved.

“The Weapon has mastered nether,” they heard in a dull whisper from the mages.”

 

“They say it can pull the life from an army of men,” the mage continued to whisper to her partner.

 

The crew slipped into a room and Jack hesitated before slipping off his hood, his usually kind face tight in a frown.

 

“We’re about to enter more guarded chambers,” he told the rest of the crew as they slipped off their hoods. “Be alert.”

 

His gaze drifted to hers and he was quiet before they slid away and he pulled out the map.