Say no more. A pirate and a British Naval officer? It would take extenuating circumstance or some sort of miracle to e'er have the twain meet, and mesh. [The details were smoothed over, alluded to, and not entirely relevant. The reason why Jack didn't care for Hornblower didn't matter so much as that he didn't care for him. Everything else is arbitrary.

Though one detail did capture her attention.]

Kipinn's magic? How does that make it easier to sail a ship with a one man crew?