"Funny thing about trust." Edward sighs, his expression holding onto the anger, "Kinda goes hand-in-hand with loyalty."
Stede's inner voice is spot-on. Edward's anger begins to take on a calm, cool, eerie tone when he speaks. It almost sounds deranged.
"You see, I trusted a man once. I’d say I more than trusted him. He was important to me, wasn't he? I reckon you could say he was more than just a friend. And so, when faced with the decision to let him die and carry on with my life or intervene, I chose the latter." Edward stands, now meeting Stede's gaze head-on.
"I put everything on the line. My own life, my crew. I threw the last twenty or so years of my life into the drink to show him just how much I trusted him. And that man abandoned me, giving me no choice but to crawl back to the crew that had just watched me sign my fate over to the Navy.
"Respect needed to be restored. Otherwise, the entire ship is vulnerable no naval attack. They need a leader, Bonnet. One who isn't weak. Want to pick and choose what is and isn't alright? You would be fucking dead if it weren't for me. Three times over, by my count. Balance that on your scales of morality."
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"Funny thing about trust." Edward sighs, his expression holding onto the anger, "Kinda goes hand-in-hand with loyalty."
Stede's inner voice is spot-on. Edward's anger begins to take on a calm, cool, eerie tone when he speaks. It almost sounds deranged.
"You see, I trusted a man once. I’d say I more than trusted him. He was important to me, wasn't he? I reckon you could say he was more than just a friend. And so, when faced with the decision to let him die and carry on with my life or intervene, I chose the latter." Edward stands, now meeting Stede's gaze head-on.
"I put everything on the line. My own life, my crew. I threw the last twenty or so years of my life into the drink to show him just how much I trusted him. And that man abandoned me, giving me no choice but to crawl back to the crew that had just watched me sign my fate over to the Navy.
"Respect needed to be restored. Otherwise, the entire ship is vulnerable no naval attack. They need a leader, Bonnet. One who isn't weak. Want to pick and choose what is and isn't alright? You would be fucking dead if it weren't for me. Three times over, by my count. Balance that on your scales of morality."