[ It's a little adorable how easy it is to sneak up on the guy. Nobody ever try and rob him back home? What a world. Ed just sips at his sugar water tea like the most innocent doe-eyed blood-thirsty dread pirate that ever was. ]
Hm?
[ Was he not feeling well? Oh, the bathroom thing, right, fuck. Ed feels a wash of guilt, for lying, hiding the whole thing, but what was he supposed to do, worry Stede over something neither of them could do shit about?
But it's fine. It's not a consumption. Just a hex, and that's done with. He sets his cup back on the saucer and answers flippantly. ]
Yeah nah, just a hex somebody put on me. No worries, mate, Buttons cleaned me up. I'm right as r—
[ He starts coughing again, so violently that he has to hold the teacup and saucer in one hand, and it shakes with the force as he coughs into his right fist. Still shaking slightly after, he opens his palm, and there it is, still, clear for them both to see: a crush of red petals. Ed sighs, unsteady. ]
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sugar watertea like the most innocent doe-eyed blood-thirsty dread pirate that ever was. ]Hm?
[ Was he not feeling well? Oh, the bathroom thing, right, fuck. Ed feels a wash of guilt, for lying, hiding the whole thing, but what was he supposed to do, worry Stede over something neither of them could do shit about?
But it's fine. It's not a consumption. Just a hex, and that's done with. He sets his cup back on the saucer and answers flippantly. ]
Yeah nah, just a hex somebody put on me. No worries, mate, Buttons cleaned me up. I'm right as r—
[ He starts coughing again, so violently that he has to hold the teacup and saucer in one hand, and it shakes with the force as he coughs into his right fist. Still shaking slightly after, he opens his palm, and there it is, still, clear for them both to see: a crush of red petals. Ed sighs, unsteady. ]
...Fuck.