"All great artists are unappreciated in their time," Lucius says which is a shorthand way of saying: occasionally, he thinks? He shrugs, just to drive that home, and steps back as Ava takes the spot he just occupied. He's not sure she'll be able to wrench it free but--then it goes intangible and just sails through the deck and to freedom.

Lucius, wide eyed, has to resist the urge to clap again. (His hands get about halfway to clapping before he stops them.)

"I think drawing Blackbeard's sword out of a deck makes you Pirate King, actually. Which is just as well, England is awful."