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Night has fallen, and the Black Pearl cuts through the still and glass-like waters of world's end with hardly a sound. There must be a small wind, their forward progress is proof enough of that, but the air feels stagnant and oppressive, weighing them down with the knowledge that they don't belong in this weird and haunted place.

Some of the crew fall silent over their work, or stare ahead as if the way home will suddenly present itself. Others have different ways of dealing with the tension.

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[try_corsets]

"Please," Elizabeth is pleading as Will's arm snakes around her waist, keeping her from leaning out over the water. She doesn't think how unfamiliar the word is on her lips, not when it comes so easily now, with her heart poured into it. "Come with us!"

Will's touching her again, finally, but all Elizabeth feels is that he's holding her back. Struggling, she watches the boat drift farther away, almost out of reach, in these few precious, wasted seconds.

"I won't leave you!"

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The boats are drifting away now, and that which ties him to Elizabeth's world is melting away once more. He gives his daughter a final, lingering smile.

"I’ll give your love to your mother, shall I?"

With that, he turns back to face the dark, open waters. He hears her cries, but he can't help her. He can't save her. He can only be proud of her, and let her go.

Besides, Caroline waits for him somewhere out there. He has so very much to tell her.

[try_corsets]

No.

No.

He can't give her love to her mother, because her mother is dead, and she absolutely refuses to let him go.

"Please, I won't let you die," Elizabeth shrieks, completely beside herself as her father turns away.

That's it. That's the last time she'll see his face.

Will is the only thing keeping her on the Pearl.

[turned_captain]

"Elizabeth,"

Will physically pulls her back onto the deck wrapping his arms around her tightly.

None of what they were fighting about matters now. Only that he anchor her to the Pearl.

[try_corsets]

As his arms tighten around her, the knowledge that there's nothing else she can do hits Elizabeth like a physical blow to her chest. Crushed, she lets out a sob and turns into Will, hiding her face and holding on to the only other person she loves.

[turned_captain]

His hand against her head, Will holds her to him, firm and strong. It's so wrong to see her falling apart like this, that for some reason he feels resentment for all the men standing around watching.

And because he's Will Turner, his immediate reaction is to look for a way to fix this. Over the head of his sobbing lover, he ctaches the eye of Tia Dalma.

"Is there a way?"

[clumsy_auror]

Behind them, Nymphadora has watched the scene unfold, grey eyes wide and stricken. Tentatively she takes a step closer to Will and Elizabeth, and puts a warm hand on her friend's shoulder.

There is nothing easy about this.

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She shakes her, head, sadly, but even in the sorrow of her voice, her words are certain and final.

(all men must be sailors)

"Him at peace."