[The Marquis considers a moment.] You have made several valid points, so allow me to address each:
The floods can be; at their best they can avail you to certain opportunities you never dreamed of having but perhaps always desired. At their worst, they will completely rob you of your identity and leave you doing things you never in your whole existence wished to do. They are not intentional. This ship moves between worlds and sometimes it brushes too close. Parts of that reality, for a time, taint everything on the ship. Sometimes, in the case of what we refer to as a hull breach, it does severe damage, and it takes longer for the Barge to repair herself.
As for the ports -- the object is for you to experience. You are here to change, not to be changed. It is not for us to simply say "you must not do this" or "you must do that". A person's view of the world around them, their morals, their ethics, only develop because of their personal experiences. When we put into port it is often with a mission in mind, designed to expose you to new experiences that you would have missed altogether, having died, or perhaps even in life. Sometimes these are not entirely trying, either. For instance, if we put into a proper urban setting, think not for even a moment that we will be doing anything aside from spending a ridiculous amount of money. When there is an opportunity to relax and stretch one's legs, use it wisely.
You have actually come here at an unusual time, and the current state of the Barge is quite abnormal. The Admiral is actually quite succinct in his use of power; some would say it is the ability to properly helm the ship that he lacks. However, this is mere speculation; the barge moves through something quite a bit more dense than water. It is possible that no one could do any better. As for the Admiral's sense of moral justice, I think it is safer to say he has none, or rather his position does not allow him to make use of it. I have been given no indication in the years that I've been here, in the few times I have met him, that he has any power over who goes or who stays. He most certainly did not decide that you were an Inmate. Whatever powers reside over the fate of the soul in your own world can be blamed for that, if someone must be blamed. The Admiral merely takes care of the legwork on this particular ship.
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The floods can be; at their best they can avail you to certain opportunities you never dreamed of having but perhaps always desired. At their worst, they will completely rob you of your identity and leave you doing things you never in your whole existence wished to do. They are not intentional. This ship moves between worlds and sometimes it brushes too close. Parts of that reality, for a time, taint everything on the ship. Sometimes, in the case of what we refer to as a hull breach, it does severe damage, and it takes longer for the Barge to repair herself.
As for the ports -- the object is for you to experience. You are here to change, not to be changed. It is not for us to simply say "you must not do this" or "you must do that". A person's view of the world around them, their morals, their ethics, only develop because of their personal experiences. When we put into port it is often with a mission in mind, designed to expose you to new experiences that you would have missed altogether, having died, or perhaps even in life. Sometimes these are not entirely trying, either. For instance, if we put into a proper urban setting, think not for even a moment that we will be doing anything aside from spending a ridiculous amount of money. When there is an opportunity to relax and stretch one's legs, use it wisely.
You have actually come here at an unusual time, and the current state of the Barge is quite abnormal. The Admiral is actually quite succinct in his use of power; some would say it is the ability to properly helm the ship that he lacks. However, this is mere speculation; the barge moves through something quite a bit more dense than water. It is possible that no one could do any better. As for the Admiral's sense of moral justice, I think it is safer to say he has none, or rather his position does not allow him to make use of it. I have been given no indication in the years that I've been here, in the few times I have met him, that he has any power over who goes or who stays. He most certainly did not decide that you were an Inmate. Whatever powers reside over the fate of the soul in your own world can be blamed for that, if someone must be blamed. The Admiral merely takes care of the legwork on this particular ship.