“What do you really want. And just say it, so I can fight for it” after refusing to equate letting Jay go as a favor for the armor, taking it off as she insists because no favor is worth losing his crew, his family, honor bound to his word. After going through hell with her and Chip, sharing his deepest secrets and biggest worries, taking some of it personally but shrugging it off because he has to. Keeping a clear mind to keep the others safe. Refusing outright to leave Jay in that tundra, even as his own skin freezes and hardens, moving close to help her, to give her his Blessing to help her at his own detriment. Always at his own detriment.
Gillion Tidestrider, champion of the undersea, hero of the deep, eater of grass kicker of ass, defenestrator of the adulterous, and above all else, Riptide Pirate, waking up after what should have been an ultimate betrayal, and wanting to know what Jay’s intentions are - not to gauge his own trust, but to let her know that he’s going to fight for her anyway. He’s going to dig in his heels and he’s going to fight for her anyways.
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Dracula Dictionary, May 5th
cat's meat: chopped meat (usually horse meat) on skewers to sell to cat owners
polyglot: using several languages
evil eye: a curse incurred through envy
abreast: side by side and facing the same way
Mittel Land: midland, the middle of a country
goitre: a lump or swelling at the front of the neck caused by a swollen thyroid
hay-ricks: another word for haystacks
leiter-wagon: from german Leiterwagen (ladder wagon), a wooden wagon with side walls that resemble ladders
conveyance: a means of transport, a vehicle
calèche: a light low-wheeled carriage with a removable folding hood
alacrity: cheerful willingness and eager behavior
prodigious: unnatural or abnormal
rug: a piece of thick, warm fabric or fur used as a coverlet or lap robe
salient: noticeable or important
illumine: light up
impalpable: unable to be felt by touch
uncanny: strange or mysterious, especially in an unsettling way
interminable: endless
alight: descend from a train, bus, or other form of transport
traps: personal belongings, baggage
solicitor's clerk: a person employed in a solicitor's office to keep records, accounts, and undertake other routine administrative duties
solicitor: a lawyer who advises clients on matters of law, draws up legal documents, prepares cases for barristers, and who may plead in certain courts
chimney or globe: the glass around lamps that protects the flame against wind
forestall: act before someone in order to stop them from doing something
making your toilet: dressing or grooming yourself
gout: a type of inflammatory arthritis that causes pain and swelling in joints
malady: illness
fell to at once: immediately started eating
tokay: sweet white wine of Hungary
physiognomy: the supposed art of judging character from facial characteristics
aquiline: hooked or curved like an eagle's beak
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