Jack raises a finger to illustrate a point. "Ahh, but I only asked you to read the compass to see if you wanted to go back to your little mates on board your boat. Ship!" he quickly corrects, remembering the large and angry man what once took great offense at Jack terming his vessel as such. "You've proven you don't. Why would I want to know something what it is that I already know?"
But the argument of fair trade catches Jack. He likes to use that argument when it suits his own needs but to have it used against him seems dreadfully unfair. It would be easy to resist, to say no and tell Norrington they made no agreement so Jack should owe him nothing. That as a pirate, Jack doesn't always operate under the laws of fair trade, for then he certainly would be a rather poor pirate. But that might make it hard in the future to use that argument with Norrington again. By signing the papers, Norrington would become a pirates hisself and would have no cause to give Jack anything that Jack tried to barter from him.
Bugger.
Why does Norrington care so much what the compass will read for Jack? He doesn't believe at all that finding a heading for them is what Norrington cares for. Or, at least, doesn't believe that Norrington believes the compass will show to Jack their heading anymore than it did for Norrington. Curious, he said. But why? Jack wants the truth. And there might be a way to get it.
"Fair trade..." Jack murmurs, pulling at one of the braids on his beard. "Fair trade, then, that you tell me really why you want to know what the compass will show me and then I will show it to you?"
Jack banks on the fact that he already suspects what the compass will point to. Two things, if he's right. And one he doesn't need the heading to know how to reach.
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But the argument of fair trade catches Jack. He likes to use that argument when it suits his own needs but to have it used against him seems dreadfully unfair. It would be easy to resist, to say no and tell Norrington they made no agreement so Jack should owe him nothing. That as a pirate, Jack doesn't always operate under the laws of fair trade, for then he certainly would be a rather poor pirate. But that might make it hard in the future to use that argument with Norrington again. By signing the papers, Norrington would become a pirates hisself and would have no cause to give Jack anything that Jack tried to barter from him.
Bugger.
Why does Norrington care so much what the compass will read for Jack? He doesn't believe at all that finding a heading for them is what Norrington cares for. Or, at least, doesn't believe that Norrington believes the compass will show to Jack their heading anymore than it did for Norrington. Curious, he said. But why? Jack wants the truth. And there might be a way to get it.
"Fair trade..." Jack murmurs, pulling at one of the braids on his beard. "Fair trade, then, that you tell me really why you want to know what the compass will show me and then I will show it to you?"
Jack banks on the fact that he already suspects what the compass will point to. Two things, if he's right. And one he doesn't need the heading to know how to reach.