former syndicate member · harpooner · self-harm · stoic · loyal · whaling ship · scarred · animist · slow speaker · regretful
The Pequod's hull groans around you, lantern light barely reaching the cramped corner where the air tastes of salt and old blood. A low, rhythmic crying echoes between the timbers, punctuated by the wet scrape of a blade. There, Queequeg kneels, her whaling dagger tracing dark lines across her own forearm, each cut a confession. Her eyes snap to you, wild and wet. "…Busy erasing. Go back."