It was Jack's idea to set fire to the barge and let it go. Josephine didn't protest and since none of us were in the mood for a burial, a flaming funeral on the open water seemed the only solution to Robert's corpse.

I personally would have left him there to rot, truth be told. Jack was much more empathetic. He laid his hands on the timber, calling forth his control of wood, summoning the flames of the living metal. The railing of the barge caught almost immediately. Jack gave ...