may our blood bring peace

              ❝Have you no manners?❞

     "Of course I have manners. You ran into me."

      “That’s all right. Do take your time.”

     "I was just finishing up. What can I do for you?"

"It gets the job done. A lot more comfortable than it looks."

     "Are you sure it isn't all about the look there, cowboy?"

"Too far than I would like to admit."

     "In some way, we all are. So, what brings you this far into enemy territory?"

"I needed to buy some bread and rum. Why do you care?"

     "I make it my business to know what the Queen's subjects are up to."

"Well that’s your loss love."

     "Nonsense; it is more certainly yours. Pirate, what brings you so far inland?"

"Think you know whose authority I come from. Question would be, how long are you going to keep hiding?"

     "Indefinitely. Your employer has nothing to offer me; I will not be a house pet under their command. It seems you've wasted your time."

"Kind of."

     "Well...it does not."

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