[He doesn't laugh, though he huffs out a breath more amused than not and acknowledges her words with a tip of his glass.]
Gold seems to be the primary motivation. So on that account, Miss, I wish you all the luck in this Godforsaken place.
[He would like to see a world where no man need choose piracy for himself. It's dark, dirty, dangerous work. Not many among them live to an age that rivals Teach or Hornigold, and they've met their due in equal measure at the point of opposing swords. But piracy serves a purpose of its own, larger than the lives lost to her beckoning knell: to keep those in power in check. When does a king become a tyrant? When none are left to oppose him.
Piracy opposes. Cruelly, surely, yet without pretense. It is perhaps the world's most honest profession. Certainly a step above politics and the intrigues of the fucking courts.]
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Gold seems to be the primary motivation. So on that account, Miss, I wish you all the luck in this Godforsaken place.
[He would like to see a world where no man need choose piracy for himself. It's dark, dirty, dangerous work. Not many among them live to an age that rivals Teach or Hornigold, and they've met their due in equal measure at the point of opposing swords. But piracy serves a purpose of its own, larger than the lives lost to her beckoning knell: to keep those in power in check. When does a king become a tyrant? When none are left to oppose him.
Piracy opposes. Cruelly, surely, yet without pretense. It is perhaps the world's most honest profession. Certainly a step above politics and the intrigues of the fucking courts.]