*He Is Biddable, For Now...*

"I know you have a history, and I know you are no kind of virgins, but I would still be most honored to marry the two of you! If First Mate Amelia wishes to go on several 'dates' then I will do it, she is more than worth it to me!" Bruce says, gently reaching out and taking his ring, eyes never leaving Amelia's.

"Damn me for a fool..." Amelia mutters, tearing her own eyes away and taking her ring. "Okay, you two heart thieving brigands, I'll accept this proposal conditionally: we'll have three dates while we're in port this time, and each one will have to reveal some deeper facet about both of you, and not a wholly flattering one at that, if by the end of those three I'm still willing to entertain this mad notion of getting married, we'll have the wedding before we sail. If not, I give back the ring and that's it from you both: no more is said about it ever again, and whether you go forward without me is your own affair: got it?" Amelia declared, laying out her terms...