Mack and I escorted Christina to the cockpit between us, with Mack before her and me behind her. This was to ensure that Christina would not attempt to escape while we took her up front, but it sure seemed like an unnecessary precaution to me, because Christina didn’t seem like she was going to try to go anywhere. She just hummed a happy tune under her breath, a tune I didn’t recognize, and she seemed to hold herself more like royalty than like a criminal. I suppose it was just her way of behaving as if she was still in charge of this situation, even though the two of us individually could easily deal with her if she tried anything.
When we reached the front of the vessel, Uncle Josh and Gina were there. Uncle Josh sat at the controls, which he kept adjusting and fiddling with every few s
