The hand aimed for his shoulder barely made it. York was trying to sift through the alerts cluttering up his view. There was only a little jerk, only from the unexpected gesture. "Thought you were going to follow through with it," he said in a low, almost tight voice.

The android shook the tension out of his system. "What… what sort of shit would the infamous Blackbeard considered 'finer' in a pirate's life?" He had to get his arrogance back online, no need to seem small in front of this guy. Fuck.