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Danny is gone. Swallowed by the sea before I e'en showed up.
He already knew the answer to his own question, but Davy's words made it feel real—gave it a certain finality.
Nolan nodded his head numbly. It felt like a weight had been dropped on his shoulders, but there was also a twinge of relief in knowing that he and the others had made it through such a frightening ordeal. He was glad to be alive, but being alive was painful too...
Danny's death and his conversation with Kriss made him think. It made him realize how close they all were to death. What would he do if Luro or the captain died? What would Annie do if he died? They had died, and this...this was the last chance they would ever get. He followed his friends on what felt like wooden legs and when the captain paused to thank Davy Jones, he turned around and nodded his head. "Thank you for the second chance," he wasn't just thanking Davy, but Lilly, Kriss and all the spirits that had helped them. "Thank you all."
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The smell of the sea made Nolan jerk his head upwards. The blood red sky from the locker was no longer there, and in its place was an orange sunrise. He pinched his cheek and half wondered everything before had been a dream. He wondered if any of them would be the same after all that, after dying and meeting Davy Jones himself.
Nolan was prone to worrying, he worried about weather or not his friends got enough to eat and worried whenever they got hurt, so it was hard not to internalize the events in the Albatross and if not for Alicia's voice, he would have stood there catatonic until nightfall.
He looked up at her as if coming out of a daze. "That...that sounds beautiful, poetic even." He thought about Danny—the shortest member of their little family, their navigator, a bouncing ball of colored ink and broad grins—and Nolan despite the empty feeling in his chest, Nolan managed a smile. "I think Danny would have wanted that...she, she was always getting excited over colored ink and fireworks and sky lanterns," he nodded his head, "those sound like something she would have really loved." Nolan wanted to ask Alicia if he could help, but before he could say anything, she had already left.
He turned to face the captain and sighed, "Stories to create...it really makes you think doesn't it?" Nolan was leaning against the railing now. "I'm sure plenty of others had legends they wanted to make to, so why us? Out of so many people, why us?" He wasn't talking to anyone in particular now, just voicing the questions that buzzed around his brain like a swarm of angry bees.
He stared at the blueness of the ocean and just stared. After a few moments, he pulled himself together just in time to see Alicia arrive with a lantern.
Perhaps you should be the one to cast it?"
Nolan's eyes flitted to the lantern in Alicia's arms then to the captain. The Stardusk Pirates hadn't been sailing for a long time, but the time they had spent together felt invaluable and they had become a family.
The captain was the rock that held them all together and despite her unwavering bravery and thirst for adventure, Nolan still thought of her as a little sister.
Ray was the smart uncle they could depend on for advice on the world around them.
Luro, while almost never sober was the older brother and while somewhat silly, he always had their back.
Alicia was the older sister who always tried to stand tall and brave. Her calm no-nonsense attitude made a wave of relief wash over him.
And Danny—Danny was the cheerful younger sister who died before her rightful time...
Nolan stopped himself and gave Alicia a firm nod of the head. "It would be an honor."
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