Unfortunately Jack has a habit of running his mouth, no matter the circumstance or the need (or lack of) for it. And knowing nothing beyond that brief visit with Eowyn, he'd resolved to fight tooth and nail for himself rather than stand in idle silence to await judgment.

But Aragorn's decision does draw a flicker of surprise onto his face, particularly when the man mentions releasing him. Back home -- and even moreso under Beckett's vicious governance -- so much as whispering the word pirate in his direction could end with the hangman's noose around his neck. Or, at the very very least, a lifetime of rotting in a jail cell.

Thus eased, Jack places his hands together in a sign of gratitude. "I'm much obliged."