( taking her hand as the two dance on the table. )
๐ถ AS FAR AS I'VE HEARD, THE FIGHT'S STILL ON
THE LINE'S NOT CUT, AND THE WHALE'S NOT GONE
THE WELLERMAN MAKES HIS REGULAR CALL
TO ENCOURAGE THE CAPTAIN, CREW AND ALL ๐ถ
( fancy pirate jigs! )
๐ถFOR FORTY DAYS OR EVEN MORE
THE LINE WENT SLACK THEN TIGHT ONCE MORE
ALL BOATS WERE LOST, THERE WERE ONLY FOUR
BUT STILL THAT WHALE DID GO๐ถ
( oh, fancy pirate jigs ? )
๐ถ NO LINE WAS CUT, NO WHALE WAS FREED
THE CAPTAIN'S MIND WAS NOT OF GREED
AND HE BELONGED TO THE WHALEMAN'S CREED
SHE TOOK THAT SHIP IN TOW ๐ถ
( also jumping up onto a table, keeping time - skipping to the next verse )
๐ถ BEFORE THE BOAT HAD HIT THE WATER
THE WHALEโS TAIL CAME UP AND CAUGHT HER
ALL HANDS TO THE SIDE HARPOONED AND FOUGHT HER
WHEN SHE DIVED DOWN LOW๐ถ
( standing on a table, boot tapping in time to the melody. )
๐ถ SHE'D NOT BEEN TWO WEEKS FROM SHORE
WHEN DOWN ON HER A RIGHT WHALE BORE
THE CAPTAIN CALLED 'ALL HANDS!' AND SWORE
HE'D TAKE THAT WHALE IN TOW ๐ถ
( KICKS OPEN A DOOR. )
๐ถ THERE ONCE WAS A SHIP THAT PUT TO SEA
THE NAME OF THE SHIP WAS THE BILLY O'TEA
THE WINDS BLEW HER UP,
HER BOW DIPPED DOWN
OH BLOW, MY BULLY BOYS, BLOW ! ๐ถ
(Kind and teasing fall on different sides of the same coin, don't they?)
(He was very much aware there was a risk she was toying with him, and yet...)
...A demonstration, eh? Yes. Yes I think I'd be interested in that.
https://t.co/ix1C77PEpH i unfortunately have to take a break since i'm still Sick and am cursed with a head that just won't quit (aching) i'll either be around later or tomorrow xx
(That was kind of her, at least.)
The answer to that is somehow both more than I could have ever expected, and I'm also more curious than ever before.
And I also have the desire to have you make me stop speaking. Funny how that works out.
( on tiptoes, attempting to peek at the book herself. )
mm, it looks like it's written in tevene; which * would make sense if it's both old and about magic.
Ohโ ๐ฎ๐บ!!
[ he absolutely lights up, taking the book from her carefully and running his fingertips over the cover. he cracks it open, thumbing through the pages. ]
Fascinatingโฆ
(His face is like a statue as she continues on and on, locked in place until she finished speaking. He forgot the point of everything in the first place now.)
...I see.
(At least he managed to respond.)
( leaning up onto tiptoes, she whispers the most pornographic triple-x rated ๐๐๐๐๐ into his ear of all the creative ways she'd keep him quiet; this man will never be the same again. )