( There is a moment when Mr. Briggs' face borrows such an enormity of wealth of shades of blush and pink, that he may well burst. Another, when he darkens, funerary.
Until, finally, he acquits himself of the obligatory indignation long enough to mutter: )
We are on a journey starkly absent the shadow of a possibility of a harbour. And we fly a flag that shall never be received by a port willing.
( For all he is loathe to admit it, they are pirates at sea, and they shall only ever find their succor as such. There is a reason why the Pariah and Queen Zanyra are infinitely better supplied than the average passenger or merchant vessel: many terminals deny them passage. )
Which is to say, kindly assume at all times that I do not, in fact, know what you mean.
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Until, finally, he acquits himself of the obligatory indignation long enough to mutter: )
We are on a journey starkly absent the shadow of a possibility of a harbour. And we fly a flag that shall never be received by a port willing.
( For all he is loathe to admit it, they are pirates at sea, and they shall only ever find their succor as such. There is a reason why the Pariah and Queen Zanyra are infinitely better supplied than the average passenger or merchant vessel: many terminals deny them passage. )
Which is to say, kindly assume at all times that I do not, in fact, know what you mean.