[Perhaps it is the intimacy of the setting, the quiet comradery that this space afforded beyond the public eye. Perhaps it is the tone of the conversation, just another step along the same path that put the notion into Norrington's mind to use the lieutenant's first name. Perhaps, in fact, some of the madness of Buffy Summers and Jack Sparrow was rubbing off on him. Whatever the reason, the admiral first smirks and immediately thereafter scoffs into his tea-cup.]
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