⟪ fishing accident – now, here’s the thing: kitty’s never been fishing. while ships aren’t really a rare sight, she hasn’t ever been on one. but fishing always kind of projected this idea of quaintly sitting with a fishing rod, or maybe the more industrialised version, with large nets on bigger vessels.

how he’d lose a whole hand to that seems a bit beyond her, unless he got caught in some mechanism – that she is more familiar with, factory accidents aren’t very uncommon.

so he can see her brows furrow in thought when he mentions it, but she’s not sure how to question it without being openly rude. she’s torn from her revery by a particularly gut-wrenching moan from the ring. ⟫

Sounds like it was a bad one. ⟪ ugh. of course it was a bad one, he lost a hand.

there’s a spark, though: punishments. ⟫ A… a friend of mine and I had an accident involving a minister and his car once. He’s never been the same.

⟪ it’s not exactly subtle what she’s implying here – if it’s common ground, he’ll catch her drift. if not, she’ll try not think what went wrong on a boat that would have cost him a whole hand. ⟫

Do you want to come over to the bar? I’m going to get a soda. ⟪ it’s very, very obvious that she just really wants away from the ring, and doesn’t actually care all that much for why or where to. ⟫