( cornflower blue is no better than forget-me-not blue, really. anything to do with flowers really has no business in a sentence about his eye color. Killian will take that assertion to his grave. Hook takes the opportunity to roll his eyes as Alistair tries to check how blue they indeed are. )

No, worse than that.

( a children's book about Peter Pan is even more scornful than a bodice-ripping romance, as far as Hook is concerned. at least some people enjoy the latter. nobody in their right mind would ever enjoy the former. )

I'm sure you'd like to know for purely innocent reasons, don't you? Find it yourself then, mate, consider it an adventure.

( aka I'm not telling. at least it wasn't as easy as knowing his name or even his title. the book was based on Peter, for unfathomable reasons. )