[backdated to 07/10 -- private to Draco]

[thethundersaid]

[written: just one line.]

I'm going to throw your mother overboard if you don't do something about her.

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[written]

[thethundersaid]

I understand from what you've told me that your world is a civilian one, with little conflict. This is not a place for you or your mother to complete your education under protection.

[But he does recall the conversation he had with Itachi, his brother's counsel to be patient with their own crew, and though he wants -- wants very badly -- to snap at Draco and throw both of them off the ship, maybe in opposite directions, the benefit of the journal means that Sasuke can read through what Draco has written a second time and heave a furious, put-upon sigh without being heard.

There is no benefit in drawing malcontent from crew in confined quarters and uncertain alliances. That doesn't mean he phrases things particularly well.]

You come from a sheltered world, Draco, so I'll explain this to you. Your family is probably accustomed to civilian society, where what people of power do is complain about each other and jostle for position. [At least that's all Sasuke has seen civilian leaders do; that and hide behind hired muscle as soon as the jostling gets too risky.] This is a place where we've been attacked in our own minds. It must be treated as a war.

That means the chain of command must be followed. I don't care if you disagree with a decision I've made. Bring it up with me once the issue at hand is resolved, regardless of the degree of threat.

[written]

[dragonbadfaith]

With little conflict now. There are plenty of wars, all the time, throughout history. My mother will go through one shortly, and there are things brewing in my time that I'm sure won't end easily. Just this past summer—

[There's a pause in the writing, and then he moves on.]

Regardless, if you want me to continue being even a little useful, you'll encourage the continued education. My mother hasn't much left to learn in terms of Hogwarts schooling, her presence here can only benefit me.

Anyway, this place is more of an inconvenience than a battleground. And this race is a competition we willingly entered into.

Look, I've done what you've asked me while you've been captain, and I did what Marvelous asked before you and what that bloody Sparrow asked before him. If you can't handle being questioned, then maybe being in charge of a group of people who didn't sign up for this isn't something you're suited for. My mother is hardly going to let any danger come to the ship as long as she's living here. You're just annoyed she had the gall to stand up to you.