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[Kian.]

hold fast, tides are turning

If he was truthful, Kian was on the brink of panic.  He never thought he would say goodbye to his crew. They were in good paws with his first mate, and he knew he would not have to worry for them, though perhaps his new position as a father made him more prone to fretting.  The child was his reason for splitting off, though he would never blame her, or be bitter.  With her mother gone, it was just the two of them.  A life constantly on the move was not good for someone so young.

This was a new start, and the life was, hopefully, not too terribly different from the life he was used to living.  Not for the first time, he glanced behind him, knowing he would not see his crew or ship in the distant, but longing nonetheless. They had been his family for so long, but they would move on one day, and so would he.  It had to be that way.  Perhaps one day, he'll find them out in the open waters, but the former captain would not consider it until his little girl was far older.  "There we are love," the Irishman murmured, smiling brightly at his sleeping child.  He could do this.  A new start.  Still a pirate.  Still a father.

The little boat was not very sea-worthy in his opinion, and he was glad they were done using it. "Word flies over the water... Hopefully, we got the place right." Gently, he lifted the child up by the scruff, still an awfully tiny kitten of only two moons, and leaped off the edge of the boat, softly landing on the sand.  Now to wait.

Kian gently set his daughter down, atop his own paws, and breathed in softly.  Too late to go back now.  He wondered what kind of crew he was considering getting into.

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