*a small clatter caught his attention. Two little kids, a white girl with curly blonde hair and presumably her brother, were looking between Phillip and Nicolas with impish grins and muffled giggles. The girl shyly walked over to Phillip and smiled up at him*
???: ‘scuse me, sir, but why’re you carrying a gun in your pocket? *Nicolas looked up upon seeing the girl’s pink skirt from the corner of his eye, frowning lightly*
Nicolas: Ehmlee, thihs ihsn’t uh plaeegrownd *the girl, Emily, ignored the dead sailor, seemingly feigning deafness to the black man’s words. Nicolas glared* Ehmlee. Ahff thuh boat. Now.