[Former. Yes, he's heard other people comment to that effect. No empire endures eternal. Piracy is not progress. Extinction looms. No matter how they fight, no matter how they push back against Britain and Spain, dead men cost a nation less than its pride. James Flint is not a short-sighted man.
So while there's a faint grimace tugging one corner of his mouth down, it's the only indication that he knows what the future (one possible future. He's not a man of god any longer, there is no destiny but that which you rip bloody and wailing into the world) has in store.]
I wouldn't know. [There's no chastisement. His tone is mild without deception.] It's a little less... former when I'm from. 1716.
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So while there's a faint grimace tugging one corner of his mouth down, it's the only indication that he knows what the future (one possible future. He's not a man of god any longer, there is no destiny but that which you rip bloody and wailing into the world) has in store.]
I wouldn't know. [There's no chastisement. His tone is mild without deception.] It's a little less... former when I'm from. 1716.