"It does paint a certain picture..." Again, that's the pot calling the kettle black. And there is a reason why Number 6 can be found on the sports deck every morning like clockwork, because he needs something to keep himself in-line too.

"If death is something so mundane to whatever kind of creature the Captain truly is, then it does seem that we will be hard-pressed to do him any lasting damage. I would say we are better attempting to appeal to his mercy, but I'm told he has none of that either. Ego, yes. Plenty of that. Perhaps flattery will get through, but that requires having the stomach for it." Or no stomach if you are a skeleton.