u/stanley604

I'm in my nth circumnavigation, commissioned for the first time via audio. I'm on "The Surgeon's Mate" right now, and I can't help noticing that Stephen has become quite the amphibian, lecturing Jagiello on lee shores, how to wear ship, and even -- for all love -- what club-hauling entails.

Either he was faking ignorance before, or he has finally decided to pay attention in his last few voyages. Either way, I find it a little curious. He still seems incapable of getting aboard a ship thick and dry, so at least that remains constant.