the doe-hearted.
post mutiny backsies mutiny attempt (landfall) on the streets, like a lady open to anyone
āIf you forego questioning where I got it, youāre more than welcome to share.āĀ Course what sheād actually prefer would be for everyone to question everything- even if it discomforts them. So long as it might better keep than safe. And thatās really what it comes down to; distrust.Ā Itās not something sheās familiar with, when she wants to trust everyone until they prove she canāt, and even then offer another chance. This, oh this she excuses as being more about the island than the people on it, more about the terrible acts and fleeing of such that got them here.Ā
āI think itās rum, or turpentine. Whoās to know really.ā Lifts her hand to lift the bottle, holds it out for whoeverās approached.Ā āAs far as I know there arenāt any laws here, arenāt any peelers, so there are worse things than drinking in the streets. Call it a distraction from doing those worse things, if you like. Doing them or suffering them, whatās your poison?.ā
ādo i look like i care?ā he shrugs as he steps forward; he eyes her cautiously though, not because of the alcohol, but because the sight of her like this is rather unusual. and maybe kane does not care about the origin of the bottle in miss dowlingās hand, but he is rather curious about what made her drink in the street; why sheās doing that instead of all the other things she always doesāconspiring first comes to mind and he wants to laugh, cruelly so, because look where it got them.Ā
he accepts the offer, drinks from the bottleāit tasted both like something familiar and something entirely new; it does not taste good, but all the best liquor never doesāas long as it gets the job done. kane has enough issues of his own heād like to ignore for the time being and drinkingās the answer heās been looking for.Ā
āif only your uncle could see you now. see us.ā itās no secret whose side kane isāthe winning one. the lines have admittedly blurred in the last day but to his knowledge, itās still more beneficial to stick with estrada. but here they are. āworse things? what are you thinking about, miss dowling?ā he cocks an eyebrow, hands her the bottle back.Ā ābut things canāt be worseĀ if everythingās shit. itās just one fucking thing after another, canāt tell the difference anymore.ā and itās been like this all day today, thanks to this place bringing dead back to life. almost.Ā āwhen i need a distraction, i go to a brothel. but you donāt strike me as the type whoād find that sort of thing amusing.ā kane wonders if she cares enough to scold him for saying a thing like this to a ladyābut the fact that heās found her drinking in the streetĀ tells him thereās nothing to worry about.Ā āor would you?ā













