Elijah was about to respond to Josephine announcing that without him she wasn't returning either, but was interrupted when Sebastian entered the room. "It isn't." Pulling his hand from Josephine's, he sat straighter, not wanting to appear injured to his Captain. It was a silly gesture, but it was automatic. "It's something I've put a lot of thought into and now," He paused to look at the woman in front of him. "with this attack from Jack, I wouldn't feel comfortable putting myself into a hostile situation where the only means of escape is into the ocean." Frowning, his eyes returned to his father. Elijah had worked his way up in rank on board and was finally earning a little respect. Word would spread like wildfire that he lost a fight to the Navigator and all hell would break loose.

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"He's sorry about breaking your things." Marabelle responded with a chuckle as she repeated the first words out of her son's mouth after the fight. "And he feels he deserved what he got, but he'll live." After a moment of studying Jack's body language, it dawned on her what was going on. That was a guilt fight and he had only been looking for an outlet to his anger and frustration. That avenue just happened to be her son. She wanted to say something encouraging to Jack, but she was, for once, at a loss for words.