Okay. He wants his mind blown? He can get his whole mind blown.

"This isn't actually a ship at sea, but a constructed reality created by an entity known as the Captain, who's using the energy of our emotions, and especially the negative ones, to power the magic keeping this reality together and his own quest for apotheosis. All of the passengers come from differing worlds, timelines, realities. Some have higher levels of technology, some have magic. Not all the passengers are human at all. The ship's stores and restaurants and such are staffed by ghosts of those who were on previous voyages. The faceless lady who did the safety drill is a servitor created by the Captain and controlled by him."

That's a good start, right? Like, if he does something like doubt her or laugh in her face for that much, then what's the point in telling even more?