[ He does know how it is. Five would really like to not be in the murder business, but it's constantly necessary. It doesn't help that killing is remarkably easy for him, and he doesn't feel threatened by a bunch of uncoordinated pirates. For once he's not even worried about his siblings being able to handle them.
Winnie always seems to survive these encounters, but he feels strange about leaving her to it, and he watches her after she pulls out the handkerchief just like she used to. ]
Not long. As long as the ship doesn't spring a leak.
[ He belatedly turns to wave off any attempt to clean the blood off. It's still early to get cleaned up. Or to pretend that everything is fine between them after he betrayed and left her, but he makes an attempt. ]
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Winnie always seems to survive these encounters, but he feels strange about leaving her to it, and he watches her after she pulls out the handkerchief just like she used to. ]
Not long. As long as the ship doesn't spring a leak.
[ He belatedly turns to wave off any attempt to clean the blood off. It's still early to get cleaned up. Or to pretend that everything is fine between them after he betrayed and left her, but he makes an attempt. ]
You've been practicing?