Mastbreaker silver No one ever saw him

No one ever saw him make or mend it

Each time they try again

her secrets wound into the silver links of a chain

it is slight — a pause in her breath

Mastbreaker silver No one ever saw himThey said the wind followed him because it had nowhere else to go. Captain Ives never denied it. Never confirmed it either. Just stood at the prow with that jagged thing hanging from his neck, thumb hooked against it like it was part of the ships rigging. Winds dying, someone muttered once, low enough to pass for thinking out loud. Ives didnt turn. It isnt, he said. Its waiting. The crew learned not to argue with that. It was taken from a strike that