"There ain't never been an excursion most've us ain't come back from, dead or alive. And this ain't a do-over, neither; there's some of the passengers that Captain's got the least bleedin' patience for still back on that boat that he ain't given up. He ain't even bored with us yet."

And his boyfriend is here, on this trip, as well as multiple people he seems to consider friends against whatever his version of better judgement is. But she's keeping that to herself.