Night had come and all the sailors were sleeping peacefully on their nets, hoping that the next day the winds would help them not have to work so hard.

It was then that Ricardo woke up, looked for something in his trunk and took out a jar with orange algae and a rag to bandage. With firm steps, he reached the bucket full of shit that served as an excuse to go out and headed towards the kitchen.

He had agreed to meet with Taras so they could discuss plans for surviving the next few days, but in reality, Ricardo had an ulterior motive for holding the meeting in the kitchen tonight.

And that reason was to try to help his friend Taras and save him from the parasite that was in his brain. Ricardo had long doubted Taras for two reasons, the first was that Taras himself had warned him that something strange could happen in the following days, the second was Taras's change of attitude.

Although the new 'Taras' knew the past of the previous one, his attitude had changed radically and the main defect he had was that he always called Ricardo by his name, which made Ricardo jump alert from the first chat.

Old Taras was pretty bad at remembering people, but as if by magic, he could already name and recognize all the sailors on the ship.

If we put the two factors together and remember the anecdote of the decapitated girl, then we can conclude that the captain introduced the Lupine to Taras, that way he gets rid of a problem without losing a crew member.

Knowing that, Ricardo had come up with a plan to lure Lupine into the kitchen at night. He would then use one of Paulo's drugs to force the worm out, and thus retrieve an ally who could function as a double agent between Ricardo and the captain for the next two weeks.

With such an ace up his sleeve, Ricardo would be sure that he could know the captain's movements in advance and thus maximize his chances of surviving this harsh journey.

Right now Ricardo was going to the kitchen, as I noticed from Taras's empty network, it seemed that his plan was going perfectly, and his victim was already waiting for him incautiously in the kitchen.

With slower footsteps than usual, a mask on his face and a bottle with an orange seaweed in his hand, Ricardo walked through the corridors until he reached the kitchen door, when he opened it he found his victim, also waiting for him with impatience.

Everything seemed to be going according to plan, but to the disgrace of Ricardo's plans, it seemed that another sailor had noticed his movements tonight...