His mind is not on William Bush. Instead, for a moment, it traced the busy streets of Kingston, people milling about, laughing and dining and rigging a ship as if it were any other day, as if there had not been a court martial, as if nothing of value had happened for years.
He'd known the world wouldn't stop for the death of one man, but it had been a strange thing to watch the rest of the world carry on, heedless of a loss...
He manages a smile.] Perhaps.
Until then, though, I'm afraid I am your charge alone.
I do try and not be too much trouble. [For all the lightness he would have in his voice, there's a weight in his eyes and a strain in his tone. It's times like these that he has to remember how lucky he is to have Archie.
Lucky enough that he wouldn't trade this for all the world-- this one or the one he knows.]
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His mind is not on William Bush. Instead, for a moment, it traced the busy streets of Kingston, people milling about, laughing and dining and rigging a ship as if it were any other day, as if there had not been a court martial, as if nothing of value had happened for years.
He'd known the world wouldn't stop for the death of one man, but it had been a strange thing to watch the rest of the world carry on, heedless of a loss...
He manages a smile.] Perhaps.
Until then, though, I'm afraid I am your charge alone.
I do try and not be too much trouble. [For all the lightness he would have in his voice, there's a weight in his eyes and a strain in his tone. It's times like these that he has to remember how lucky he is to have Archie.
Lucky enough that he wouldn't trade this for all the world-- this one or the one he knows.]