A heartbreaker, too? Yet another trait of an excellent pirate.

[ He notices that she doesn't invite him along and doesn't express any desire to stay. He was like that, maybe until the past year. He's not entirely sure what's changed -- or maybe just isn't ready to think about it, and the pain of losing the thing that finally anchored him -- but he hopes she finds what she's looking for, one way or another. ]

You'll have to send back ballads and poetry proclaiming your deeds. Get someone else to write them of course.