Izzy hums in soft agreement as they work. Ed has a point about that one.
"Guess it's about balance then, ay."
The shape on his hand is easily seen now as he holds his second sleeve to be tied. Izzy isn't looking, distracted by the mess in the bucket that used to be his shirt. Across the top of his hand in thick black ink is the cameo of a ship, framed with the modern style of Tudor roses, some shaded to represent red, others left empty for white. At the top of the frame sits the unmistakable Imperial Crown. At the bottom a large anchor tied in with rope knots. The ship itself is mighty as it crashes up against a wave and across it's bow reads HMS SPENCE and a date not long passed, so it can be nothing but a date of enlistment. Naval, through and through, but there's more. The Spence is well known for it's intense pursuit of pirates, most notably that of Francis Spriggs, and the captains Shipton, and Low. On the broad side of Izzy's palm, just under where his thumb joins, are several tally marks in neatly ordered lines.
Izzy, for his sins, has been talking all this time as he works out the merits of allowing a lone survivor against that of safety and building legacy.
"I could see you as a legend. One day you'll have a ship of your very own."
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"Guess it's about balance then, ay."
The shape on his hand is easily seen now as he holds his second sleeve to be tied. Izzy isn't looking, distracted by the mess in the bucket that used to be his shirt. Across the top of his hand in thick black ink is the cameo of a ship, framed with the modern style of Tudor roses, some shaded to represent red, others left empty for white. At the top of the frame sits the unmistakable Imperial Crown. At the bottom a large anchor tied in with rope knots. The ship itself is mighty as it crashes up against a wave and across it's bow reads HMS SPENCE and a date not long passed, so it can be nothing but a date of enlistment. Naval, through and through, but there's more. The Spence is well known for it's intense pursuit of pirates, most notably that of Francis Spriggs, and the captains Shipton, and Low. On the broad side of Izzy's palm, just under where his thumb joins, are several tally marks in neatly ordered lines.
Izzy, for his sins, has been talking all this time as he works out the merits of allowing a lone survivor against that of safety and building legacy.
"I could see you as a legend. One day you'll have a ship of your very own."