"Better you than me," Peter says with a snort, but a little hint of cheer. All things considered, he'd prefer to stay as far from the captains, new or old, until he had more time to think about how he felt. The fact the new first mate said he'd been lied to was confusing enough without getting back into another heated conversation.

"I think it was mostly because of the attack. I mean, she didn't say anything else. I think some of her people were hurt, you know, and maybe it's her way of, I don't know, dealing with it?" Maybe she just wanted to know what she'd really died for. Peter could relate. "You'd have to take it up with her if there was anything else to it. But it's not a bad thing, if that's just it. I wasn't even here and it's not sitting right with me. What everyone says happened."