Aurie and I stood on deck watching the flickering lamps of Uppsee’s crew as they continued their hunting long after dark. The Brothers returned to the camp they had made, Aurie stayed with us.

“I don’t know if they will release me,” Aurie said, stroking my hair, not looking me in the eye.

“But there’s nothing here anymore,” I asserted, “plus you’ve been helping them recover the dead; burying them; giving them sacraments or whatever you do....