His father. Realization sparks in her eyes, that is why he was always in earshot of the captain's dealings. Pearl's sisters were the same way with her own father. Not Pearl though, she wasn't useful.
"Mmm," she agrees, soft, disbelieving, smile not touching her somber mouth but humor dancing through her eyes. All of her expressiveness is there, none on her face. "Terribly boring."
She wasn't raised with brothers, but her father's men, the men in the prison, they had plenty of laughs. Even with her in prison, they'd been a playful, teasing bunch. Curious too, asking Pearl all manner of questions — she may have been the princess in chains, but she'd had an education the guards had not and they would sit with her after they brought her meals, getting a belated education. It shouldn't have been a wonder that her mother managed to secret her away from the prison.
"Away. Your ship looks well loved. I thought it spoke well to the sailors aboard."
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"Mmm," she agrees, soft, disbelieving, smile not touching her somber mouth but humor dancing through her eyes. All of her expressiveness is there, none on her face. "Terribly boring."
She wasn't raised with brothers, but her father's men, the men in the prison, they had plenty of laughs. Even with her in prison, they'd been a playful, teasing bunch. Curious too, asking Pearl all manner of questions — she may have been the princess in chains, but she'd had an education the guards had not and they would sit with her after they brought her meals, getting a belated education. It shouldn't have been a wonder that her mother managed to secret her away from the prison.
"Away. Your ship looks well loved. I thought it spoke well to the sailors aboard."