"True," Tim said with another quiet laugh. "Though it's probably going to be a pretty suspicious looking hot tub. I guess if we go with steel instead of iron, it looks slightly less out of place." He watched Howard's expressions still, though, as he said it. Looking amused but focused on the other boy.

"Does anyone like the idea of this 'stupid ship'?" Tim asked seriously with a raised eyebrow. "I'm not really convinced anyone on this ship really wants to be here and deal with this."

He nodded to the smaller boy, but he was watching him closely. The 'killing each other' remark is what caught his attention the most, of course. "So, what, everyone just turned on each other, without the parents?" he asked.