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— STATEMENTS

❝ i miss you. ❞ ❝ you can’t leave me here ! ❞ ❝ get in the car. ❞ ❝ it’s not about you. ❞ ❝ it isn’t your fault. ❞ ❝ i’ve made my decision. ❞ ❝ it’s cold out, take a coat. ❞ ❝ let me know you got there. ❞ ❝ this isn’t the first time, and it won’t be the last. ❞ ❝ that doesn’t sound like the you i know. ❞ ❝ i can’t lose you. ❞ ❝ don’t try to hide things from me. ❞ ❝ i care about you. ❞ ❝ you care. i can see it in your eyes. ❞ ❝ you don’t want this. ❞ ❝ i didn’t realize how late it was. ❞ ❝ slow down, start from the beginning. ❞ ❝ here, drink this. ❞ ❝ lie down, you’re going to hurt yourself. ❞ ❝ you need rest. ❞ ❝ i haven’t slept in days. ❞ ❝ i’ve been having nightmares. ❞ ❝ i love you. don’t forget that. ❞ ❝ i can’t believe you did that. ❞ ❝ yeah, i know. ❞ ❝ i don’t remember. ❞ ❝ let me help you. ❞ ❝ i don’t need your help. ❞ ❝ i want to help you. please, let me help you. ❞ ❝ that storm doesn’t seem to be going anywhere. ❞ ❝ i think we’re stuck here. ❞ ❝ it’s only a matter of time. ❞ ❝ there’s something about you. i don’t know what it is, but i know it’s there. ❞ ❝ say that again. ❞ ❝ i’d do anything to make you happy. ❞ ❝ there’s that smile ! there’s that smile i love ! ❞ ❝ no, don’t try to hide your beautiful smile from me. ❞ ❝ it’s a beautiful night. ❞ ❝ walk with me. ❞ ❝ you can’t run forever. ❞ ❝ you can’t keep running away like this. ❞ ❝ you look like royalty. ❞ ❝ it doesn’t matter. ❞ ❝ i don’t care anymore. ❞ ❝ please, just leave. i need to be alone. ❞ ❝ don’t try to hide your feelings from me. i know you. ❞ ❝ you look gorgeous. ❞

— QUESTIONS

❝ don't look them in the eye. ❞ ❝ you're here until you die. ❞ ❝ i've done no wrong ! sweet jesus, hear my prayer ! ❞ ❝ they've all forgotten you. ❞ ❝ you're standing in your grave. ❞ ❝ do not forget my name. ❞ ❝ freedom at last — how strange the taste ! ❞ ❝ never forgive them for what they have done. ❞ ❝ come in, for you are weary, and the night is cold out here. ❞ ❝ there's a bed to rest till morning. rest from pain, and rest from wrong. ❞ ❝ what have I done ? sweet jesus, what have i done ? ❞ ❝ if there's another way to go, i missed it twenty long years ago. ❞ ❝ take an eye for an eye ! turn your heart into stone ! ❞ ❝ i feel my shame inside me like a knife. ❞ ❝ at the end of the day you're another day older, and that's all you can say for the life of the poor. ❞ ❝ at the end of the day you're another day colder, and the shirt on your back doesn't keep out the chill. ❞ ❝ at the end of the day there's another day dawning, and the sun in the morning is waiting to rise. ❞ ❝ give that letter to me, it is none of your business. ❞ ❝ is there anyone here who can swear before god, they have nothing to fear ? they have nothing to hide ? ❞ ❝ what is this fighting all about ? ❞ ❝ it seems to me we may have met. ❞ ❝ your face is not a face i would forget. ❞ ❝ say what you must. don't leave it there. ❞ ❝ i've seen your face before. show me some way to help you. ❞ ❝ can i conceal myself for ever more ? pretend I'm not the man i was before ? and must my name until i die be no more than an alibi ? ❞ ❝ how can i ever face myself again ? ❞ ❝ take my hand ... the night grows ever colder. ❞ ❝ listen to me ! there is something i must do. ❞ ❝ in mercy's name, three days are all i need. ❞ ❝ there is a castle on a cloud. i like to go there in my sleep. ❞ ❝ we should never have taken you in in the first place. ❞ ❝ please do not send me out alone. not in the darkness on my own. ❞ ❝ enough of that, or i'll forget to be nice ! ❞ ❝ everybody raise a glass ! ❞ ❝ hush now, do not be afraid of me. don't cry. ❞ ❝ everyone's equal when they're dead. ❞ ❝ take your place ! take your chance ! ❞ ❝ when's it gonna end ? ❞ ❝ little they know, little they see. ❞ ❝ what is this ? are you mad ? ❞ ❝ you know me ! i know you ! and you'll pay what i'm due ! ❞ ❝ those who follow the path of the righteous shall have their reward. ❞ ❝ this i swear by the stars ! ❞

— STATEMENTS

❝ i miss you. ❞ ❝ you can’t leave me here ! ❞ ❝ get in the car. ❞ ❝ it’s not about you. ❞ ❝ it isn’t your fault. ❞ ❝ i’ve made my decision. ❞ ❝ it’s cold out, take a coat. ❞ ❝ let me know you got there. ❞ ❝ this isn’t the first time, and it won’t be the last. ❞ ❝ that doesn’t sound like the you i know. ❞ ❝ i can’t lose you. ❞ ❝ don’t try to hide things from me. ❞ ❝ i care about you. ❞ ❝ you care. i can see it in your eyes. ❞ ❝ you don’t want this. ❞ ❝ i didn’t realize how late it was. ❞ ❝ slow down, start from the beginning. ❞ ❝ here, drink this. ❞ ❝ lie down, you’re going to hurt yourself. ❞ ❝ you need rest. ❞ ❝ i haven’t slept in days. ❞ ❝ i’ve been having nightmares. ❞ ❝ i love you. don’t forget that. ❞ ❝ i can’t believe you did that. ❞ ❝ yeah, i know. ❞ ❝ i don’t remember. ❞ ❝ let me help you. ❞ ❝ i don’t need your help. ❞ ❝ i want to help you. please, let me help you. ❞ ❝ that storm doesn’t seem to be going anywhere. ❞ ❝ i think we’re stuck here. ❞ ❝ it’s only a matter of time. ❞ ❝ there’s something about you. i don’t know what it is, but i know it’s there. ❞ ❝ say that again. ❞ ❝ i’d do anything to make you happy. ❞ ❝ there’s that smile ! there’s that smile i love ! ❞ ❝ no, don’t try to hide your beautiful smile from me. ❞ ❝ it’s a beautiful night. ❞ ❝ walk with me. ❞ ❝ you can’t run forever. ❞ ❝ you can’t keep running away like this. ❞ ❝ you look like royalty. ❞ ❝ it doesn’t matter. ❞ ❝ i don’t care anymore. ❞ ❝ please, just leave. i need to be alone. ❞ ❝ don’t try to hide your feelings from me. i know you. ❞ ❝ you look gorgeous. ❞

— QUESTIONS

Hook's mug of hot tea launched into the air and then came raining down on him, both figuratively and literally.

"BLAST IT, PAN!"

It was early. The crew was all asleep below deck. Hook's eyes had barely even fully opened yet... but he was wide awake now.

"MORNING?!" he raved up at Pan, motioning with both hand and hook to the side of the ship. "It's hardly light out!"

This was the last time he'd tell Smee to get him up early. Before he could dwell on it any longer, the captain gave a growl and freed his sword from its scabbard, metal glinting with the image of his own reflection.

A small gasp — and then Pan laughed as they flipped themself over, landing lightly on the deck and drawing out their dagger.

"Ah, it's nothing," Philip claimed, pulling his hand away. He didn't like touching people, and he didn't want to prolong the handshake any further than was absolutely necessary. "Don't fret over it. Man-eating plants just... happen in your realm. It isn't like one could simply... oh, I don't know... practice landscaping! Hah!"

The bearded man punctuated that sentence with a single, isolated laugh, just barely seeming like someone who's been trapped in this horrible place for way too long and has started to lose their mind and spiral over all the terrifying creatures that lurked inside every shadow, and how not even the plants could be trusted...

... Well, he hoped it was barely. He probably wasn't doing as good a job at hiding that as he thought.

Before the silence could grow any more oppressive, he adjusted the lapels of his coat and turned an eyebrow up at Aspen.

Philip’s laugh leads to a small, weak laugh of Aspen’s own. Worried— for the human traveler. What was he doing there ?