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James Fitzjames ([personal profile] gildedlife) wrote in [community profile] singillatim 2024-09-21 10:08 pm (UTC)

That sense of invincibility, a lack of fear of any consequences, is certainly a problem and it's one James has already considered when it comes to Hickey. It's worse to know that he apparently has gotten away with murder again here, which surely must've emboldened him further, and although it seems both Jopson and Francis have made certain he hasn't gotten away with everything completely unopposed, it also doesn't seem he's been truly deterred. He's certainly been bold enough whenever James has spoken to him so far, though not to the point where, had it been anyone other than Hickey, James would've taken any particular note of it.

"I assure you, I am not so taken by Mr. Hickey as he'd likely prefer." And he never has been, considering his first real conversation with the man had been that tale he'd told about seeing the Tuunbaq's eyes. Of course, Hickey had also mostly ignored James that conversation, apparently too busy trying to win over Francis, which hadn't gone all that well.

Though now, here, there's something of a new layer to what little connection James and Hickey share. A few new layers, really, considering the entire issue of what had happened to Irving, as well as the incidents here, but there's one recent thing James had yet to mention to anyone. He probably should keep it to himself, but then again, for all he knows Jopson's already aware. And he has to tell someone.

He glances around them, mostly taking general stock of their surroundings considering the recent situation, but also being sure they're alone. His gaze stays on the treeline as he speaks.

"I encountered him recently, during the Aurora, and noticed that sometime before arriving here, he'd come into possession of my boots."

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