"Erin and Skulduggery worked me through some of the nature of this reality already. Erin, in particular, talked me through a lot of the practical knowledge I needed." Which means he's starting off with some of the more interesting potential skews to his perspective. "She told me I ought to bounce thoughts off Peter Smith and Lieutenant Tayrey at some point. But also that the Captain is bound by the rules he sets, and that our emotions are a form of power in use by him to maintain the ship."