It seems the Captain's carefully practiced deception hasn't been so effective and his hold over the men is more tenuous than it appeared on the surface. Hopefully Pet's warning is enough.
Atta boy, Ryder. You're doing a splendid job of keeping a low profile. With your non-descript looks, the police will never find you, just as I'm sure Kat would never, ever point the police in Danny's direction.
So now both Pembroke and the police will be after Ryder. At least he's entwined Jack to help, whether he wants to or not.
What we are seeing here is a reset and a compensation for the pirate's death. Joshua said it himself. He had put himself at risk. He can't let them see how strong his feelings are for his pet.
Our worst (or best) gaffes stick to us like gaff tape.
When I think of big gaffes, Geraldo Rivera's much hyped The Mystery of Al Capone's Vaults on April 21, 1986 and found Al Capone's trash.
I turned up an Interesting result by doing a content search on GA for angst. I got back 73 pages of results and, as far as I looked, they all seem to be exclusively in the Word of the Day. Oddly, the ones I looked at didn't have angst in them.
I conclude this means the Word of the Day must literally be angst.
Our protagonist has fully surrendered, both mentally and physically. He has been claimed by Joshua in a heat of passion, but now it's Joshua who must come to terms with his desires. There is still a dark and uncertain journey ahead.
Ah, Jack's mention of an experiment went in another direction. From his duplicate readings, it seems Jack's gift is quite real. He even hit Danny's nom de plume correctly. It seems whether he wants to or not, he is now part of Ryder's quest.
And so our comedy of errors continues.