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Small Talk
„Dad said that you don't sail on your ship anymore, Grandpa, because it's haunted and you're afraid of ghosts," Blaxton said in one breath, breaking into the conversation about the upcoming storm.
Jack froze, his eyes widening as he kept his gaze fixed on his plate. Elizabeth coughed, slowly putting down the mug she was holding in her hands.
Teague tilted his head to the side watching Blaxton whose eyebrows knitted in concentration as he tried to cut a piece of meat with his knife while holding it with his fork, unaware of the wordless commotion his words had caused.
„What else did Dad say about it?" Teague asked in a low voice and Elizabeth was certain she saw a ghost of a smile flicker across his face.
Jack, as surreptitiously as desperately tried to make eye contact with Blaxton, but unfortunately Blaxton shifted his gaze from his plate straight to Teague. „That you shouldn't be afraid of ghosts because it's the ghosts that should be afraid of you," he said laughing under his breath towards the end of the sentence, apparently finding the statement funny.
Jack closed his eyes. Elizabeth stifled a chuckle, reassuringly patting Jack's hand under the table.
„Because you're the best pirate in the world," Blaxton concluded unexpectedly.
Elizabeth glanced at Teague noticing that the shadow of a smile was gone from his face and replaced by something she could not quite interpret; a trace of astonishment, sadness, joy-
„According to Grandma," added Blaxton after a pause.
Elizabeth joined Jack and closed her eyes as well.