He kind of wishes that the General had asked for water, or anything else; it would give Jack an excuse to do something other than stand, tense and awkward, trying not to stare at Pitchiner for too long but not wanting to look away from him either. So he goes back to fidgeting. He puts Emma's bracelet back on and fusses with his sleeves (not that he's ever cared for the tidiness of his clothes, but it's a distraction, and he'll take any right now) and inevitably, the silence gets too much for him again.
"Um," he says, and then, "so," and he stops.
There isn't a lack of things to say here. It's just that he doesn't know what he's willing to say, what will make this worse and what might actually help. But he's already this far in; he's made this much of an ass of himself and probably solidified his position as the worst member of the entire crew, so he just swallows the nervousness that's making his throat go tight and he says, "If we go for a revenge angle with all of this, the rest of the pirates and everything, can we make sure it's the methodical kind and not the — you know, 'dig two graves' thing."
It comes out much lighter than it should be said, because he can't find any other way to make himself approach it. Jack's earnestness is usually something thoughtless, open by virtue of the fact that he doesn't put any of his focus into hiding things. When he actually thinks about being honest, it's suddenly difficult to parse, and he feels like he has to make it more joking than it is or he'll just clam up.
He's not worried about him own safety, or the rest of the crew. It's impossible to imagine a scenario where General Pitchiner is careless with the lives of the people under him, and it's impossible for Jack to think of something that would make him stop trusting the General. But he is worried about the man himself. And it's not like it's unfounded; there are always people in the military that become detached when they find they have nothing left to return to, quicker to put themselves in dangerous positions and less determined to fight their way through the worst.
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"Um," he says, and then, "so," and he stops.
There isn't a lack of things to say here. It's just that he doesn't know what he's willing to say, what will make this worse and what might actually help. But he's already this far in; he's made this much of an ass of himself and probably solidified his position as the worst member of the entire crew, so he just swallows the nervousness that's making his throat go tight and he says, "If we go for a revenge angle with all of this, the rest of the pirates and everything, can we make sure it's the methodical kind and not the — you know, 'dig two graves' thing."
It comes out much lighter than it should be said, because he can't find any other way to make himself approach it. Jack's earnestness is usually something thoughtless, open by virtue of the fact that he doesn't put any of his focus into hiding things. When he actually thinks about being honest, it's suddenly difficult to parse, and he feels like he has to make it more joking than it is or he'll just clam up.
He's not worried about him own safety, or the rest of the crew. It's impossible to imagine a scenario where General Pitchiner is careless with the lives of the people under him, and it's impossible for Jack to think of something that would make him stop trusting the General. But he is worried about the man himself. And it's not like it's unfounded; there are always people in the military that become detached when they find they have nothing left to return to, quicker to put themselves in dangerous positions and less determined to fight their way through the worst.