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I then got a good look at the person I had trapped. He had white hair, like most Silvites, a pale face, and dark green eyes. Normal Silvite traits, but there was something in his expression. I was an expert at reading micro-expressions; you could not hide your true self from me unless you yourself were an expert in hiding. There was something in the mix of anger, hate and spite. It was pain. I could tell that even though he sported a vicious demeanor, his insides were screaming. I felt a wave of pity deep down. But he must be dealt with. I could not risk the alternative.
"I don't owe you anything," he spat.
"Yes, you do." I said and inched the blade closer to his throat, "I could kill you now if I wanted to, but lucky for you, I am more forgiving that the other bounty hunters. Get up." I put my sword back in it's sheath.
"How do you know I won't escape?" He questioned with a bitter trace of ice still in his voice.
"You won't," I replied, trying to keep my face as unreadable as possible, "You don't have your sword. Besides, even if my ship is above Ixa- taka, the drop is well around five hundred feet, and I don't even know if you would fall on land. You might just miss."
"Then how do you know I won't kill you all in your sleep?" He was trying to read my face. Such a fruitless task. I rarely ever showed emotion, and when I did, I was smart enough to realize it and quickly shield it before too many noticed.
"I think," I replied with a hint of mockery in my tone of voice, "You will find that quite difficult to accomplish."
Whilst my "captive" and I had been conversing, Karoe had revived the others.
"Just kill him now! He's a hazard to us all!" shouted Sula.
"Sula, do you remember one of the rules on my ship?"
"'No blood will be shed unless necessary'." She recited in monotone, "But can't we just chuck him off the ship?" She had that wild look in her eye.
"No! You don't get it! You never will!" I realized I had lost my cool, and retrieved my calm as soon as I spotted it. "Remember Sula. I told you on day one that if you disobeyed me, It would be right back to Yafutoma with you." That shut her up.
"Now. I want to dock the ship at our base before sunrise. We are nearly out of ammunition and food. No excuses. Emma, I want to in the crow's nest and to guard that sword with your life until we have properly landed."
"Aye, aye Captain Arain!" Emma, unlike Sula or Sparks, was one of the most unlikely to argue. She really hated Valua with a passion.
"You." I snarled at the Silvite, "I've got my eye on you. One wrong move and I swear I will kill you. Is that clear?
He merely growled. I'm sure that a silvite of his status would rather suffer pain and death than take the orders of a woman. The thought made me uneasy. I only got the sword out of his hands by a lucky shot. I could NOT let him back at that sword. EVER.
"I am going to take the wheel now. If I hear any uproar out here from ANYONE, there will not be a pretty sight. I always mean what I say, and on that you can count on." I turned and put my hand on the doorknob, but then turned my head and said, "Oh, and I will get an answer from you by the end of the day." And with that I turned and slammed the door behind me.
I then got a good look at the person I had trapped. He had white hair, like most Silvites, a pale face, and dark green eyes. Normal Silvite traits, but there was something in his expression. I was an expert at reading micro-expressions; you could not hide your true self from me unless you yourself were an expert in hiding. There was something in the mix of anger, hate and spite. It was pain. I could tell that even though he sported a vicious demeanor, his insides were screaming. I felt a wave of pity deep down. But he must be dealt with. I could not risk the alternative.
"I don't owe you anything," he spat.
"Yes, you do." I said and inched the blade closer to his throat, "I could kill you now if I wanted to, but lucky for you, I am more forgiving that the other bounty hunters. Get up." I put my sword back in it's sheath.
"How do you know I won't escape?" He questioned with a bitter trace of ice still in his voice.
"You won't," I replied, trying to keep my face as unreadable as possible, "You don't have your sword. Besides, even if my ship is above Ixa- taka, the drop is well around five hundred feet, and I don't even know if you would fall on land. You might just miss."
"Then how do you know I won't kill you all in your sleep?" He was trying to read my face. Such a fruitless task. I rarely ever showed emotion, and when I did, I was smart enough to realize it and quickly shield it before too many noticed.
"I think," I replied with a hint of mockery in my tone of voice, "You will find that quite difficult to accomplish."
Whilst my "captive" and I had been conversing, Karoe had revived the others.
"Just kill him now! He's a hazard to us all!" shouted Sula.
"Sula, do you remember one of the rules on my ship?"
"'No blood will be shed unless necessary'." She recited in monotone, "But can't we just chuck him off the ship?" She had that wild look in her eye.
"No! You don't get it! You never will!" I realized I had lost my cool, and retrieved my calm as soon as I spotted it. "Remember Sula. I told you on day one that if you disobeyed me, It would be right back to Yafutoma with you." That shut her up.
"Now. I want to dock the ship at our base before sunrise. We are nearly out of ammunition and food. No excuses. Emma, I want to in the crow's nest and to guard that sword with your life until we have properly landed."
"Aye, aye Captain Arain!" Emma, unlike Sula or Sparks, was one of the most unlikely to argue. She really hated Valua with a passion.
"You." I snarled at the Silvite, "I've got my eye on you. One wrong move and I swear I will kill you. Is that clear?
He merely growled. I'm sure that a silvite of his status would rather suffer pain and death than take the orders of a woman. The thought made me uneasy. I only got the sword out of his hands by a lucky shot. I could NOT let him back at that sword. EVER.
"I am going to take the wheel now. If I hear any uproar out here from ANYONE, there will not be a pretty sight. I always mean what I say, and on that you can count on." I turned and put my hand on the doorknob, but then turned my head and said, "Oh, and I will get an answer from you by the end of the day." And with that I turned and slammed the door behind me.