Will nodded in response and then, perhaps seeing something in Rosie's face, he stepped forward and lifted me into his arms. I had gotten taller and stronger, but Will was still a man where I was a boy, and he lifted me with relative ease, placing my arm along his shoulder like Rosie had only moments before.
"The physician," Will said. "Well... he acts as our physician. He learned from Jamie, back when we were all still boys."
And then, colour draining from my face, I looked at Rosie. I didn't want to tell her what I used to do to the pirates. That there were others walking around here who were missing their right hand because it was what I had done to them. My signature. The mark I left on the men who thought they could beat me in combat.
"He's had practice with injuries like this," Will said, saving me from the admission, at least for now.
"Will you come with me?" I asked Rosie, almost pleading. I didn't want to be alone in the ship, no matter how well I had once known some of these men.
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"The physician," Will said. "Well... he acts as our physician. He learned from Jamie, back when we were all still boys."
And then, colour draining from my face, I looked at Rosie. I didn't want to tell her what I used to do to the pirates. That there were others walking around here who were missing their right hand because it was what I had done to them. My signature. The mark I left on the men who thought they could beat me in combat.
"He's had practice with injuries like this," Will said, saving me from the admission, at least for now.
"Will you come with me?" I asked Rosie, almost pleading. I didn't want to be alone in the ship, no matter how well I had once known some of these men.