[ when she's done he looks at his pink covered knuckles that i am KEEPING for trial and flexes his hands a little ]

Thanks. [ he didn't want the fix but he'll thank her anyway, because it means something that she wanted to do it. which is also why he's following her lead on the subject: ] That's alright. Pirates don't really have sidekicks anyway. Closest thing I can think of is a first mate, and you don't want that job. It's a guy who's there to tell the captain when they're being a pain and try to rear them in a little.

[ that is not accurate. ]