Thinkin' about it would be time wasted anyway, I reckon. Supposedly, I hear the kidnappings can be prevented, so I'll definitely keep a close watch to make sure they don't get me. [He turned his head to look Jack's way momentarily with a grin on his face.] He will too, for that matter. [He then raised one of his brows as he looked at Marco and folded his arms, his apple now gone.] I take it there wasn't much ye could do when they came for ye, though. The Malnosso seem like a sneaky sort.

[And that couldn't help but make the old pirate captain sigh a bit ruefully.] Sadly, I know that, Captain Marco, and yet... I think I shall like to have a vessel regardless. A place to have a good view of the sea from, a place that feels like the old days, aye? [And he already knew, even if he hadn't exactly seen it yet, that Jack had a ship of his own, so it was clearly not an impossible concept.]