on potentially apping teleios in January. SPOILERS LIKELY IN COMMENTS.

[unhand]

Now, mun. You know how important revenge is to me. It's all I've been bloody doing since that crocodile killed Milah.

So why would you send me off to some other land I've never heard of to pay off my debt to society? I've got a lot of debt, you may have noticed, and I can't afford to wait that long. I'm ready to kill him now.

I don't care who else might be there. If it's not him, I'm not interested.

Comments

[uncurse]

Right. Revenge-driven. This really bodes well. I'm beginning to wonder if maybe I should have thought out that plan a little further.

[unhand]

That plan where you chained me up with a giant?

Probably.

[uncurse]

It's not like I threw you to a pack of wolves.

[unhand]

Just a murderous giant. How did you get him to work for you?

[uncurse]

By not calling him murderous, for starters. He's not. I just ... asked him to keep an eye on you for a while, that's all.

[unhand]

And he just said yes? Simple of that? And you believed him?

I miss the old, untrusting Emma.

[uncurse]

Not the chance you were hoping I'd take?

[finedprint]

And who might that be, dearie?

[unhand]

Not really, no. I prefer chances that benefit me.

[unhand]

Like I'd ever in a thousand lifetimes tell you.

[lostcount]

I'm sure you'll find a way to keep yourself entertained.

[uncurse]

And here I thought you were just invested in my personal growth.

[unhand]

I always do. Somehow or other. [...he's gonna end up upping his debt before he lowers it.]

[unhand]

That's just a bonus.

[lostcount]

Who knows? You might even be surprised by what you find there.

[finedprint]

No matter, I've quite had my fill of empty answers as of late.

[enchantedsnow]

[Who trusts a dirty pirate with a hook for a hand? Obviously not Emma. She gets one thing from her mother.]

I don't trust anyone who's bold enough to work alongside Cora. As twisted as she is...that's pretty much asking for trouble.

[uncurse]

Consider my good judgment about that giant another.

[woodenbadboy]

You never know. He could show up eventually.

[unhand]

I'm not convinced your judgment's good yet. Giants eat people, you know. What if he gets hungry?

[unhand]

No worries there. Soon enough, you won't need to think about that or anything that isn't my hook carving your heart out.

[unhand]

Not much out there that can surprise me, lass. [Though Emma sure managed it.]

[unhand]

Maybe. But that's never stopped me. [He's a pirate. Trouble's his middle name. Because he clearly doesn't have enough names.]

[unhand]

That's hardly something to count on.

[woodenbadboy]

If you're not caring about paying off your debt, when he does show up here, you can kill him over and over again?

[and people wonder why August turned back into wood...]