[There's a little something about Miller that's never completely grown up. Always an element of, "Look, I'm doing a thing! Be proud of me!" that he always wants people to notice, even if he can't cognizantly pinpoint that's what he's actually wanting.]

[In a small moment of playing an old song with new hands in front of a person that only has seen him play before in muddled memory, he really just wants Snake to be proud of him. But is to ridiculously ignorant of himself to realize that's what he wants.]

[But hey, free song.]

The old captains obviously weren't a part of a formal crew. According to them, they found the ship and as of the laws of this region it gave them claim and precedence. Even if it used to belong to these captains, it's technically theirs now.

But... we were attacked very recently because of a theft these last captains were probably behind. Happened before my time, but the situation became so complicated a whole planet was destroyed.

[Which is slightly more vexing than a few extra Snakes.]