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"I believe it is I who should be asking who you are," Henry said, noticing the sudden chill and narrowing his eyes. "And my purpose is irrelevant. Who is she really?" He demanded. "Or I swear I will bring Jack up here and have another chat with him. One that might not end kindly," He glared at Tessa demandingly. "Or should I ask a different question? Which one of the crew would you be willing to kill to protect a woman that has the power, but has not saved your beloved Jack from harm's way?

"So it is her," Henry said quietly. "Calypso," The ship shuddered as the waves halted and then flowed as normal. "My father was a powerful man indeed." Standing, Henry took to the window, clasping his hands behind his back as he looked out. "My interest in her is the same as Lord Nessin's. The company was well fortuned when she had been among us, and it is time that she returned to us,"

Henry chuckled quietly and looked back at her. "There is more than one ship to the Company's fleet. Even a so called goddess such as you cannot run forever. And poor Jack, shipless, crewless, what would he do?" Henry held up the Duchess's captain's key to the light, looking at it with interest. A shame he had not told you his complete history. I am sure you and I would not be having this exchange. With me dead, do you honestly think you would ever learn 500 years worth of lost history? Moreover, what is it that Jack would not tell you?" He asked looking over to Tessa again. "But then again, with me gone, who would there be to negotiate the making of another ship for a shipless captain? it is your choice. I will not deny that it would be foolish for me to challenge you. Not that I would wish to. You would be a powerful being in the Company," Henry turned back to the window and studied the seas.

Henry laughed, a shiver rocketing through him as a slight frost fell upon his fingers, stiffening them slightly. He slid behind his desk, putting his back to the chilled wood. "You have given a heart to one who has crushed many hearts. I shall enjoy seeing this little play work out," He called from where he sat, pulling out a throwing knife should it be needed. It was of expensive make, ivory handled with a ruby at the pommel, and silver casing the iron of its blade.

"It is a heart that I am without doll," Henry said with a chuckle, pushing away from the desk into a crouch. the blade flew from his hand, aimed at Tessa's center chest. "My soul, blackened as it may be, is entirely intact." He straightened and backed away from her, looking towards the window for a brief moment before snapping his attention towards her again.

"Would you like me to state the usual reasons? Power, greed, maybe a healthy amount of lust? Or perhaps, there is no point that you could see, being a "noble" creature of immortality. There are still those in the world that fear death," Henry said, narrowing his eyes. "Those that are willing to disrupt the natural orders to receive immortality. Take Jack. If he had not traveled to the Ilse de Morta, he would not have been taken into very much notice by the company. He would have sailed for the rest of his very mortal life, never meeting me, never becoming banished, never meeting you. Tell me. Would you rather he be dead now, instead of with you forever?"

"Are you so much better? You yourself have suggested manipulation on your end for what I am assuming was your own ends." Henry said, narrowing his eyes. "So doubt the things around you. This place is soon enough to go to hell anyway, what can either of us do to stop it?"

The door banged open suddenly, Scarlett and Jack both standing in the doorway, Jack holding a pistol, aimed at Henry. "Tessa, let us go. He does not deserve your attention, or your fury," His eyes were narrowed, a deep burgundy at this point, while Scarlett visibly pulled at his arm concernedly.

"We are not done Jack," Henry said calmly. "You know as well as I even the Pirate Courts will not keep this world together," Jack faltered at this point and his jaw muscle clenched. "You will turn to the Company for help," Henry looked first at Jack, then to Tessa. Jack stepped into the room and touched Tessa's shoulder.