[ the motion is not missed, jing yuan's gaze falling to the gauntlet on the other man's wrist, it does not take a genius to recognize the blade and the mechanism that houses it. even so jing yuan makes no comment on it. ]

The less I know of that plan, the better.

[ while his knowledge of the blade order is not nearly as extensive as it could be, he does know for certain that they will not react kindly to one of their guardians turning up dead. the less he knows, the higher the chance edward is able to get away with his plan. ]

I assume some of those you wish to protect aren't here on the ship. [ otherwise why ask for jing yuan to help watch after the ship when edward is unable. ] Rest easy knowing that you have an ally in this, then. You need no longer fret over being in more than one place at a time.

[ jing yuan smiles and places a hand on edward's shoulder. ]

They are lucky to have such a fine captain.