JACK
It takes a lot to run a tremor through Jack's composure, and so the fact that the initial thoughts running through Hadama's mind are enough to have him nearly inhale his sip of liquor is something the mermanta likely doesn't know he should take enormous pride in. Regardless, clearing his throat and setting the glass down (he'd show him length below the waist), he focuses more on the conversation at hand for perhaps the first time.
Congratulations, Hadama. You have gone up in the captain's estimations.
"You're right, it ain't," he agrees with a crooked smile and a finger running in a circle around the lip of his glass. "Given that I had to be bribed to be on the council the first time, I s'pose you could say I don't reckon I got anythin' to prove to you." He shrugs.
As for that advice, though? "Bits of Torchline might have risen up into the sky, but the islands still run on their underbellies. I deal with Mer as often as I deal with sailors and merchants, and one thing's for sure - you gotta deal with Torchers on their terms if you want to stand any chance of gettin' 'em on your side."
Congratulations, Hadama. You have gone up in the captain's estimations.
"You're right, it ain't," he agrees with a crooked smile and a finger running in a circle around the lip of his glass. "Given that I had to be bribed to be on the council the first time, I s'pose you could say I don't reckon I got anythin' to prove to you." He shrugs.
As for that advice, though? "Bits of Torchline might have risen up into the sky, but the islands still run on their underbellies. I deal with Mer as often as I deal with sailors and merchants, and one thing's for sure - you gotta deal with Torchers on their terms if you want to stand any chance of gettin' 'em on your side."
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