[And he attacked first, but let's not mention that. Stop irritating him now or he might make those knots a little tighter than necessary]
Anyway it's not going to take that long, I bet we can figure something out by the end of the day even, and I'll be back by nightfall!
[Sets to work, first lacing the makeshift rope right over the middle of England's arms and then looping it back around the tree. His knot tying is pretty damn good, actually, centuries making them on ships working to his advantage. Still, this is a first aid emergency blanket acting as "rope", and with quite a bit of effort it should be possible to tear it eventually. He's just hoping that he'll be back with a plan before England can do it]
[A few more loops and knots over England's chest and hips and arms and he finally stops to look over his work. He's just got to hope it'll be enough to hold. And then he's standing straight again, coming close and reaching a hand out to England's cheek. He really does look almost reluctant to be doing this]
I'm really sorry. I'll come back tomorrow with food if we haven't figured a way out by then...
[And then he's leaning forward that bit more, pressing weather roughened lips to England's cheek. Maybe it's an apology, maybe it's a goodbye-]
[Or maybe he's trying to distract England enough while he reaches for the hand holding that knife]
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[And he attacked first, but let's not mention that. Stop irritating him now or he might make those knots a little tighter than necessary]
Anyway it's not going to take that long, I bet we can figure something out by the end of the day even, and I'll be back by nightfall!
[Sets to work, first lacing the makeshift rope right over the middle of England's arms and then looping it back around the tree. His knot tying is pretty damn good, actually, centuries making them on ships working to his advantage. Still, this is a first aid emergency blanket acting as "rope", and with quite a bit of effort it should be possible to tear it eventually. He's just hoping that he'll be back with a plan before England can do it]
[A few more loops and knots over England's chest and hips and arms and he finally stops to look over his work. He's just got to hope it'll be enough to hold. And then he's standing straight again, coming close and reaching a hand out to England's cheek. He really does look almost reluctant to be doing this]
I'm really sorry. I'll come back tomorrow with food if we haven't figured a way out by then...
[And then he's leaning forward that bit more, pressing weather roughened lips to England's cheek. Maybe it's an apology, maybe it's a goodbye-]
[Or maybe he's trying to distract England enough while he reaches for the hand holding that knife]