[In all his time in Nassau, if there was one thing that Charles had learned to command just as well as he would a ship, it was respect. He wasn't questioned - Jack aside, of course, but Jack always deferred to Charles in the end, however hard he argued with him.
So the fact that the first thing this girl says to him is in question of his choice for a medicinal herb - it surprises him. Charles sometimes forgets that he's not at home here, that nobody knows him here - yet.
He raises his eyes to her, travelling for a moment over all the things in her arms, and then raises an eyebrow.]
And how would you know I don't need something stronger than Valerian root?
[Truth be told, he is in much too much pain to really think about what he's doing. He only wants relief from the infecting wound at his side, given to him by a trigger-happy captain who deemed it the only solution to get Charles off his ship. The cut - deep and ugly, between his ribs - made it hard to breathe, let alone think. He knows he's bleeding sluggishly under his clothes, but at least, his jacket hides it well.]
shopping;
So the fact that the first thing this girl says to him is in question of his choice for a medicinal herb - it surprises him. Charles sometimes forgets that he's not at home here, that nobody knows him here - yet.
He raises his eyes to her, travelling for a moment over all the things in her arms, and then raises an eyebrow.]
And how would you know I don't need something stronger than Valerian root?
[Truth be told, he is in much too much pain to really think about what he's doing. He only wants relief from the infecting wound at his side, given to him by a trigger-happy captain who deemed it the only solution to get Charles off his ship. The cut - deep and ugly, between his ribs - made it hard to breathe, let alone think. He knows he's bleeding sluggishly under his clothes, but at least, his jacket hides it well.]