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        “If something happened to you, I would simply find another way to get my ship back,” she shrugs, the doll held carefully but securely between her fingers. “You, however, are never going to find anyone else who knows how to release The Pearl,” She may be teasing him just a little, even if her words are entirely true. Angelica already knows he’s shown interest in the deal. It had been smart, on her part, to entice him with the freedom of his ship.

        There’s the sudden pull of her lips as a smirk forms, the cogs slowly turning in her head. She lifts the doll and presses it close to her lips as if to whisper in its ear, and then she does: “——I really think you want to help me, Jack.” A little manipulation never hurt and if it gave her Jack’s cooperation that much sooner, she’d be thrilled. 

        Having the doll in her possession had its perks and Angelica was not above reaping the benefits of it if it meant getting one step closer to having the Queen Anne’s Revenge back under her command. Besides—- he owed her after his little deception back at the Fountain of Youth ended her father’s life.

        She still hadn’t forgiven him for that.

        “How do you feel about that deal now—-?” 

He didn’t like it when he lost an argument, and knowing Angelica she’d be far too smug about this were he to agree. As of right now she’d essentially completely turned the tables and made it so he needed her more than the other way around. Well then.

That doll was going to be the death of him, be it figuratively or literally. He watched her lift it up closer, he wouldn’t put it past her to actually stab a part of it. And then she did use it, albeit a different way. Like he said, that doll was going to be the death of him. The magic was instantaneous, so much so that Jack couldn’t even feel a conscious shift from his previous line of reasoning to the one he now had front in center in his mind. He’d help her, apparently he really wanted to now.

Just because she convinced him to agree to her terms with very little effort didn’t mean she’d taken away his entire line of thinking. And there would always be a part of Jack that couldn’t resist teasing the Latina in front of him, it was far too amusing to pass up easy opportunities. And this opportunity came in the form of a single finger trailing down her jawline before dropping back down to hang by his side.

“We have an accord. We’ll sail on your orders then.”

He’d be rather annoyed with her once this bit of manipulation wore off and he realized how he’d been partially swindled into this. Give it time, he would be.

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