Damn it all. He flashes a fleeting look in Eowyn's direction, then straightens and clears his throat before speaking again. "Provided, we did attack the ship, in a rightly lamentable lapse of judgment and unfortunate circumstance. But as I'm sure you're aware, good sir, none of the crew was harmed. Scuffed and spooked, certainly, I'll grant that, but still breathing. And the cargo, of course, was returned in full."

Forcibly, of course, because like hell would Jack or his crew hand it over willingly. And it'd been taken with the Pearl as well, to his great displeasure.

"So really, no harm done in the long run, eh?" His hands are spread again, a placating gesture. "Even moreso, would that I had known the lot of them were of the lovely Lady Eowyn's ilk -- we are not from this land, you see, you must at least forgive that -- this incident wouldn't have happened in the first place."