1815 is only a hundredish years out from 1717. Which is less a milestone to bridge than all these damn millennials running around, haha.

I can absolutely have him go to one of her venues when she's doing her harp bit? James is. A hard man and a pirate and not terribly pleasant a person in his past but he is distancing himself from that life here. He was a Proper British Naval Officer once so it's easy to fall back on.

I usually like bracket logs (honestly my brackets are 90 percent prose anyway I just... prefer the style for some bizarre reason) but I'm willing to try prose and see where it goes if you'd like.