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Arthur had stayed with James that night until he was soundly asleep before he went ahead to adjust their direction of sail, heading straight back to the nearest port. he had never seen James as insescure and in a way, vulnerable. On top of the frail physical state he was in, there was a distinct change in his demeanor and Arthur was worried about him. He vowed to stay close and be supportive, no matter what happened.

He had never seen a disease that could weaken someone as quickly - surely there was consumption, but that should also bring along the characteristic coughing... at least for now, James hadn't demonstrated such symptom... still, the possibility of James contracting such lethal disease scared him, and for the next few days of sailing time, he remained as close to james as possible. At least until a proper diagnosis was done, he would not leave his side.

They had arrived the port at high time of the day. the pier was busy and Arthur carefully escorted James through the crowd. "excuse me, Sir. do you know where's the local physician?" he asked a passerby. Today James had thrown up again in the morning, but now that it was noon, he had regained some strength and wasn't looking as pale now. Still, Arthur didn't think he could leave James alone with the visit to the physician, just in case there was some bad news...

(haha i thought we couldn't quite skip with this one?would James really visit a physician here? or find some way - his own "selkie" way - to confirm the pregnancy maybe?)