8. Tortuga

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3rd Person's POV

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3rd Person's POV

The Interceptor cuts across the waves. Jack at the wheel as Will sharpens his sword with a whetstone.

"For a man whose made an industry of avoiding boats, you're a quick study." Jack says glancing at the younger boy.

"I worked passage from England as a cabin. After my mother passed, I came out here... looking for my father."

Jack tried to act nonchalant as he gazed out at the sea, "Is that so?"

Will frowns knowing Jack was hiding something, "My father. William Turner?"

Jack says nothing. Will has lost his patience for guile.

"I'm not a simpleton.  At the jail-- it was only after you learned my name that you agreed to help me. Since that's what I wanted, I didn't press the matter.  But now-- You knew my father."

Jack considers his reply and settles on truth, "I knew him. Probably one of the few he knew him as William Turner. Most everyone just called him Bill, or 'Bootstrap' Bill."

Will frowns, "Bootstrap?"

Jack nods, "Good man. Good pirate. And clever-- I never met anyone with as clever a mind and hands as him. When you were puzzling out that cell door, it was like seeing his twin."

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