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[Podfic] was it you that said (how long?) by Literarion
Fandoms: Our Flag Means Death (TV)
19 Apr 2022
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Summary
Look, Ed’s seen plenty of mirages before.
Oh, sure, he’s been strung out on sun and rum loads of times, his perpetually underhydrated tongue too heavy in his own mouth to be real. He’s seen the fizzling edges of so much might-actually-be-there-this-time freaky shit. Woulda offered up his own heart to any number of phantom mermaids hoping to dash him up against their big, scary rocks. Even addled past all reason, though, Ed knows the trick behind gambling away his own heart.
He doesn’t have one. So, what had there ever been to lose?
The point is: Ed knows when something looks like it’s there, but isn’t really there. He knows when someone seems to be dripping blood and saltwater on the ship’s floor right in front of him, but then again, it couldn’t be. Nothing (no one) is to be trusted, let alone his own senses.
Still, he’s gotta hand it to this particular illusion. It’s captured Stede down to every last wisp of golden hair.