"Fucking hell," James can hear someone loudly grumble. Surprise! You're stuck in a cave with Hickey! Who's not terribly pleased at this whole situation, even before the 'stuck in a cave with James Fitzjames' of it all. He's tense, like a small animal in a trap, and aggravated, like the whole universe is conspiring against him.
Because, as this is also not his first time in the cave, Hickey knows what's going to happen. Why wouldn't he? He's the one who'll get them out of there, revealing some truth about himself that Fitzjames will then use to poke and needle at him for the rest of their existence. Because of course that's what's going to happen. He's the only one willing to get things done around here. He's the only one willing to make the tough choices.
"Right. We might as well start this off by you telling me what you know already. No use revealing some deep-seated truth if Crozier already mentioned it, yeah?"
Because of course that's what that meeting of everybody except Hickey was. It can't be anything else in Hickey's mind: it was simply Crozier gathering the rest of the crew to slander Hickey.
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Because, as this is also not his first time in the cave, Hickey knows what's going to happen. Why wouldn't he? He's the one who'll get them out of there, revealing some truth about himself that Fitzjames will then use to poke and needle at him for the rest of their existence. Because of course that's what's going to happen. He's the only one willing to get things done around here. He's the only one willing to make the tough choices.
"Right. We might as well start this off by you telling me what you know already. No use revealing some deep-seated truth if Crozier already mentioned it, yeah?"
Because of course that's what that meeting of everybody except Hickey was. It can't be anything else in Hickey's mind: it was simply Crozier gathering the rest of the crew to slander Hickey.