Yeah that didn't surprise her, the earbuds were generally more reliable than phones, so if hers didn't work then it made sense nothing else did either. Still there had been some miniscule hope, but best not to dwell on it. She can have her panic attack about it later, when there's not a kid in front of her

"Tell me about the captain," she says instead, moving on to something that seems a little more solid "You said you think they're evil?"

In the face of everything else it's becoming clear that the 'evil' in question might be a little more on the lines of an evil sorcerer from a fairytale than something she's really equiped to deal with. But hey, maybe she'll get lucky and it'll turn out to be a corrupt politician using the cruise ship to smuggle blood diamonds or something