Perhaps Jacob would be more motivated to complete the task now... after all his captaincy was on the line. Surely that would be enough to egt him to see reason.

Seren turnd to face Max, "Absolutely, any form of poetry will do... as long as the message is clear", she said smiling despite the situation.
Her main objective was to get Jacob to realise that what he did was wrong... simple as that. Though she was beginning to get the feeling that would never happen.