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"I-I don't even know how I got here," she sobbed, tears dampening her clothes, the soft brown fabric turning a nasty hue. The man looked unsure of how to proceed but seemed to have reached a decision. He puffed out his chest and spoke confidently, his eyes fixed on the golden cage with a certain intensity. After the words left his lips, her words became whispers, transforming into something he couldn't quite decipher."H-how can you offer help? You're in the same situation as me right now, or at least something similar, but I don't even know you! I don't even know..." She scrutinized him, making him adjust his trousers and tighten his shirt. Her eyes held a gleam beneath the wetness. "Your name..."A tall man came between them, abruptly ending the conversation. She looked at him, annoyed but not scared. He seemed to be of high standing among the seafaring barbarians. His hair was loose, but what truly set him apart was the hook replacing one of his hands."M'lady, may I request something? I swear on this right hook and the obsessed tick-tock monster," he said with a mocking grin. The woman in question looked up at him, standing tall in her cage, like a delicate bird."Do please return to your office, mainly due to the pillocks who fail to understand the genius you displayed while creating our plan," he said formally, yet with a hint of something. The girl's sweet demeanor turned sour as she seemed suddenly annoyed. She opened the cage, surprising the former and amusing the man with the hook."I," he continued, unaffected by her anger, "understand perfectly well, but I lack the ability to educate them. They're far too beneath my standards, yet too high for me to teach a..." He looked deep into her eyes, trying to provoke her further, "...lesson they could follow or understand. Truly a shame."She leapt out of the cage, the man momentarily forgotten. He tried to catch her, but she caught herself with her wings. With a gesture, she indicated him to follow. "There you go, my dear," he purred, as she turned away. He knelt beside the man, his expression one he'd rather not decipher.Slowly, he moved his face close to the man's ear and whispered a single sentence before standing up, shaking his head, and following the furious fairy."Dear, please cut back on your speed, cause I would love to watch you while you teach. It would be wonderful to learn more from you, pixie." And the small fairytale being slowed her pace.The man could never forget his last sound before the slashing of his ears, the last sentence he had heard before the silence of forever."You may have my name as you won't be getting hers in forever, Captain Hook and I take you as not a complete fool like that pan boy and his crew, so kindly, BACK THE HELL OFF or better yet out of Neverland. Cause she only needs my name."