He freezes and stares at Stede, mind completely blanking on how to proceed. There's about three people on the ship he absolutely does not want to explain this to, and Stede is near the top of it, right behind Fio.

"Urk." A grand start. Well done. "I... Uhm."

Think dammit think. Can he lie and say he was in here doing something else? Like what? Wanking it in the laundry room???

"Guess I'm not handling the whole.. ship falling apart thing real well. With everyone you know... going nuts." He frowns staring at the wall where that hallucination is smirking at him because he's enjoying the hell out of this. "Pretty sure I don't deal with stress very well."